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This Week's Word In The News 

SUREFIRE

DEFINITION:
Certain or likely, especially to succeed.

FOUND IN THE NEWS:
Kirby taught himself how to count cards, a surefire way to get barred from gambling at a casino, “raking in money on trips to Atlantic City and Las Vegas,” the article stated.
The Las Vegas Review-Journal, 05/04/2026

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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. Auspicious

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

Of or relating to a holding of something in trust for another.

Feeling or showing haughty disdain.

Attended by favorable circumstances; propitious.


2. Diffident

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

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

To seize another’s place, authority, or possession wrongfully.

Having unlimited or universal power, authority, or force; all-powerful.


3. Abrogate

To seize another’s place, authority, or possession wrongfully.

Having unlimited or universal power, authority, or force; all-powerful.

A temple tower of the ancient Assyrians and Babylonians, having the form of a terraced pyramid of successively receding stories.

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


4. Inculcate

Needless repetition of the same sense in different words; redundancy.

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

The art or study of correct spelling according to established usage.

A factor that determines a range of variations; a boundary


5. Incontrovertible

A factor that determines a range of variations; a boundary

Either of two points on the celestial sphere at which the ecliptic intersects the celestial equator.

Having a harmful effect; injurious.

Impossible to dispute; unquestionable


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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.