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This Week's Word In The News 

BLEACH

DEFINITION:
To become white or pale. Coral bleaching is the process when corals become white due to loss of symbiotic algae and photosynthetic pigments.

FOUND IN THE NEWS:
If water temperatures remain above 84 degrees for a significant period, corals will begin to experience stress and start to bleach.
The Key West Citizen, 06/24/2024

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5 High School Words

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Then see if you can find the word in your newspaper -- the print edition, the website or the digital edition and copy the sentence for context. NOTE: High School words are much harder to find!


1. Incontrovertible

Of, relating to, or produced by motion.

Impossible to dispute; unquestionable

The use of unnecessarily wordy and indirect language.

To certify or attest to (the validity of a signature on a document, for example) as a notary public.


2. Obsequious

To weaken or destroy the strength or vitality of.

A form of government in which the political authority exercises absolute and centralized control over all aspects of life,

Full of or exhibiting servile compliance; fawning.

Lacking or marked by a lack of self-confidence; shy and timid.


3. Filibuster

Attended by favorable circumstances; propitious.

To proceed completely around:

A set of assumptions, concepts, values, and practices that constitutes a way of viewing reality

The use of obstructionist tactics, especially prolonged speechmaking, for the purpose of delaying legislative action.


4. Chromosome

A stock of terms used in a particular profession, subject, or style; a vocabulary:

To picture falsely; misrepresent.

A circular strand of DNA in bacteria that contains the hereditary information necessary for cell life.

To separate or get rid of (an undesirable part); eliminate.


5. Lugubrious

To modify, as by shortening or simplifying or by skewing the content in a certain manner.

Mournful, dismal, or gloomy, especially to an exaggerated or ludicrous degree.

Cheerfully confident; optimistic.

Vanishing or likely to vanish like vapor.


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Common Core State Standard
LS.CCS.4/5/6 Grades 3-12: Students are asked to determine the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning words through multiple choice vocabulary quizzes. Quizzes are designed to help students demonstrate understanding of figurative language, word relationships and nuances in words, acquire and use accurately grade-appropriate general academic and domain-specific words, and gather vocabulary knowledge when considering a word or phrase important to comprehension or expression. Students are then asked to find the words within the newspaper and copy the sentence for context to its overall meaning or function in a sentence.