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This Week's Word In The News 

DONNED

DEFINITION:
To have put something on, as in clothing or hats.

FOUND IN THE NEWS:
Quarterback Matthew Stafford donned his neoprene undergarment.
The Los Angeles Times, 01/19/2026

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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. Camouflage

One that is inconvenient, annoying, or vexatious; a bother.

The method or result of concealing personnel or equipment from an enemy by making them appear to be part of the natural surroundings

A cult or religious movement, a group sharing particular (often unorthodox) political and/or religious beliefs.

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


2. Tranquility

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

A preparation of a weakened or killed pathogen.

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

The quality or state of being tranquil; serenity.


3. Rainforest

An alteration or change, as in nature, form, or quality.

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

A dense evergreen forest occupying a tropical region with an annual rainfall of at least 100 inches.

Strikingly unconventional and far-fetched in style or appearance; odd


4. Deduction

To honor the memory of with a ceremony

Incorrectness of reasoning or belief

The drawing of a conclusion by reasoning; the act of deducing.

The food-conducting tissue of vascular plants, consisting of sieve tubes, fibers, parenchyma, and sclereids.


5. Exult

An elevated, comparatively level expanse of land; a tableland.

To rejoice greatly; be jubilant or triumphant

Inspiring awe, admiration, or wonder

To abstain from or act together in abstaining from using, buying, or dealing with as an expression of protest or disfavor or as a means of coercion


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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.