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This Week's Word In The News 

RESPONSE

DEFINITION:
An answer to a question or a reaction to something.

FOUND IN THE NEWS:
“And the response right away was ‘Sure!’”
The Reading Eagle, 09/07/2026

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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. Nanotechnology

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

Lacking purpose or vitality; feeble or ineffective.

Of the same or similar nature or kind

Lacking social polish; tactless.


2. Detritus

Lacking social polish; tactless.

Feeling or showing haughty disdain.

A product of disintegration, destruction, or wearing away; debris.

Lacking or marked by a lack of self-confidence; shy and timid.


3. Abrogate

To increase the positive charge or valence of (an element) by removing electrons.

To abolish, do away with, or annul, especially by authority.

Falling off or shed at a specific season or stage of growth:

To weaken or destroy the strength or vitality of.


4. Irony

Any of numerous natural and synthetic compounds consisting of up to millions of repeated linked units,

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

A circular strand of DNA in bacteria that contains the hereditary information necessary for cell life.

The iron-containing respiratory pigment in red blood cells of vertebrates.


5. Notarize

To picture falsely; misrepresent.

To certify or attest to (the validity of a signature on a document, for example) as a notary public.

To impress (something) upon the mind of another by frequent instruction or repetition; instill.

Put together; created.


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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.