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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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1. Metaphor

A drawing consisting of the outline of something, especially a human profile, filled in with a solid color.

One thing conceived as representing another; a symbol.

One that takes in everything available, as with the mind.

The repetition of the same sounds or of the same kinds of sounds at the beginning of words or in stressed syllables


2. Laconic

The repetition of the same sounds or of the same kinds of sounds at the beginning of words or in stressed syllables

Similarity in some respects between things that are otherwise dissimilar.

To swing indecisively from one course of action or opinion to another.

Using or marked by the use of few words; terse or concise.


3. Eclectic

Selecting or employing individual elements from a variety of sources, systems, or styles

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

An unstable, poisonous allotrope of oxygen.

An intricate structure of interconnecting passages through which it is difficult to find one’s way; a maze.


4. Decorum

Either of two times of the year when the sun is at its greatest distance from the celestial equator.

Appropriateness of behavior or conduct

A conventional, formulaic, and oversimplified conception, opinion, or image.

Any of various nonplacental mammals, including kangaroos, opossums, bandicoots, and wombats, found principally in Australia and the Americas.


5. Strategy

One who habitually takes advantage of the generosity of others without making any useful return.

The science and art of using all the forces of a nation to execute approved plans as effectively as possible during peace or war.

A poisonous substance, especially a protein, that is produced by living cells or organisms.

The branch of biology that deals with animals and animal life, including the study of the structure, physiology, development, and classification of animals.


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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.