Words in the News

This Week's Word In The News 

NEUROPSYCHOLOGY

DEFINITION:
The study of the brain related to specific psychological processes and behaviors.

FOUND IN THE NEWS:
Local experts in mental health, political science and neuropsychology told the Dayton Daily News that elections can be a difficult time for mental health as strongly held beliefs can be challenged by deep political divides.
►Dayton Daily News, 07/22/2024

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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. Circumnavigate

► To proceed completely around:

► A reproductive cell having the haploid number of chromosomes, especially a mature sperm or egg capable of fusing with a gamete of the opposite sex to produce the fertilized egg.

► To divide (a geographic area) into voting districts so as to give unfair advantage to one party in elections.

► Feeling or showing haughty disdain.

2. Antebellum

► To divide (a geographic area) into voting districts so as to give unfair advantage to one party in elections.

► Feeling or showing haughty disdain.

► The science and technology of building electronic circuits and devices from single atoms and molecules.

► Belonging to the period before a war, especially the American Civil War.

3. Suffragist

► Architectural.

► Very talkative; garrulous.

► An advocate of the extension of political voting rights, especially to women.

► To endow with the rights of citizenship, especially the right to vote.

4. Fatuous

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

► Vacuously, smugly, and unconsciously foolish.

► An extremely distant, and thus old, celestial object whose power output is several thousand times that of our entire galaxy.

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

5. Jejune

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

► Quickness, accuracy, and keenness of judgment or insight.

► A marked change in appearance, character, condition, or function.

► Not interesting; dull:

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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.