Words in the News

This Week's Word In The News 

BILLIONAIRE

DEFINITION:
One whose wealth is estimated at a billion or more dollars, pounds, or other monetary units.

FOUND IN THE NEWS:
About a dozen people took part in the “March for billionaires” on Saturday morning in San Francisco to raise awareness about the plight of the ultrarich.
►The Los Angeles Times, 02/09/2026

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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. Inference

► A fungus, usually of the class Ascomycetes, that grows symbiotically with algae,

► To honor the memory of with a ceremony

► Being without or almost without hope

► The act of reasoning from factual knowledge or evidence.

2. Tumult

► Having a backbone or spinal column.

► A rebirth or revival.

► One thing conceived as representing another; a symbol.

► A disorderly commotion or disturbance.

3. Tranquility

► The act of resting or the state of being at rest.

► The quality or state of being tranquil; serenity.

► A Y-shaped protein on the surface of B cells that is secreted into the blood or lymph in response to an antigenic stimulus

► A grotesque ornamental figure or projection.

4. Nebula

► An unstable, poisonous allotrope of oxygen.

► A dense evergreen forest occupying a tropical region with an annual rainfall of at least 100 inches.

► A diffuse mass of interstellar dust or gas or both, visible as luminous patches or areas of darkness

► A member of an irregular, usually indigenous military or paramilitary unit operating in small bands in occupied territory to harass and undermine the enemy

5. Immune

► Not subject to an obligation imposed on others; exempt.

► A closed plane figure bounded by three or more line segments.

► A relationship of mutual benefit or dependence.

► To abstain from or act together in abstaining from using, buying, or dealing with as an expression of protest or disfavor or as a means of coercion

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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.