Words in the News

This Week's Word In The News 

AMENDMENT

DEFINITION:
A formal or official change made to a law, contract, constitution, or other legal document.

FOUND IN THE NEWS:
Also, it includes six proposed constitutional amendments.
The Key West Citizen-Herald, 10/07/2024

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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. Deduce or conclude (information) from evidence and reasoning rather than from explicit statements

infer

ignite

convey

waft


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

vigilant

commotion

tactic

jargon


3. Dependent on each other

interdependence

ensure

recluse

attentive


4. To finish successfully

recluse

attentive

reflection

accomplish


5. The line that bounds a circle or other two-dimensional figure.

circumference

boundary

relationship

conspicuous


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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.