Words in the News

This Week's Word In The News 

RESILIENT

DEFINITION:
Someone able to withstand or recover quickly from difficult conditions.

FOUND IN THE NEWS:
“She was incredibly resilient, strong and decisive,” Jennings said in an interview with the Bay Area News Group.
The Los Angeles Daily News, 10/02/2023

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5 Elementary 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. The energy and strength for continuing to do something over a long period of time ; power of sustained exertion, or resistance to hardship, illness etc.

topic

stamina

function

quell


2. A piece of written, printed, or electronic matter that provides information or evidence or that serves as an official record.

restitution

element

document

classify


3. Speech or language that is incomprehensible or unintelligible; gibberish.

monotonous

analogy

affect

jargon


4. Watchful, especially for danger or disorder; alert; wary

contributions

except

replenish

vigilant


5. More than half (50%) of some group

cunning

swarm

momentum

majority


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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.