Words in the News

This Week's Word In The News 

STATUETTE

DEFINITION:
A small statue; A small, three-dimensional sculpture that represents a human, deity or animal.

FOUND IN THE NEWS:
Baker’s quartet of statuettes were for original screenplay, editing, director and best picture.
►The Los Angeles Times, 03/03/2025

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5 High School Words

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1. Enervate

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

► To bring under control; conquer.

► Of the same or similar nature or kind

► To weaken or destroy the strength or vitality of.

2. Xenophobe

► A person unduly fearful or contemptuous of that which is foreign, especially of strangers or foreign peoples.

► A plane curve formed by the intersection of a right circular cone and a plane parallel to an element of the cone.

► Architectural.

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

3. Totalitarian

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

► To repeat in concise form. To make a summary.

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

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

4. Irony

► Feeling or showing haughty disdain.

► The use of words to express something different from and often opposite to their literal meaning.

► Something done or paid to compensate or make amends.

► Tumultuous; stormy.

5. Abjure

► Tumultuous; stormy.

► Attended by favorable circumstances; propitious.

► The predominant influence, as of a state, region, or group, over another or others.

► To renounce under oath; forswear.

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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.