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Words in the News

This Week's Word In The News 

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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

Click on the correct answer in the quiz below.
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. Laissez faire

Deception by trickery or sophistry.

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

The use of unnecessarily wordy and indirect language.

Noninterference in the affairs of others.


2. Quasar

Logical incongruity

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

An underlying base or foundation especially for an organization or system.

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


3. Vacuous

Lacking serious purpose or occupation; idle.

The process in cell division by which the nucleus divides.

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

The process in green plants and certain other organisms by which carbohydrates are synthesized from carbon dioxide and water using light as an energy source.


4. Oligarchy

Government by a few, especially by a small faction of persons or families.

The side of a right triangle opposite the right angle.

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

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


5. Plasma

The clear, yellowish fluid portion of blood, lymph, or intramuscular fluid in which cells are suspended.

A factor that determines a range of variations; a boundary

Warlike in manner or temperament; pugnacious.

Playfully jocular; humorous


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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.