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This Week's Word In The News 

WRANGLING

DEFINITION:
Moving a person or thing somewhere, usually with difficulty or using force.

FOUND IN THE NEWS:
The location in Alexandria, Louisiana, would remove logistical headaches caused by wrangling children from foster homes and shelters across the country and not having anywhere to put them during final preparations for flight.
The Boston Herald, 07/13/2026

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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. Inference

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

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

The act of reasoning from factual knowledge or evidence.

The pattern produced on a photosensitive medium that has been exposed by holography and then photographically developed.


2. Aspire

Any of various relatively small sailing or motor-driven vessels used for pleasure cruises or racing.

The right or privilege of voting; franchise.

A grotesque ornamental figure or projection.

To have a great ambition or ultimate goal


3. Despondent

Conversation between characters in a drama or narrative

A weather phenomenon in the Eastern Pacific that is precisely equivalent to a hurricane.

Enforced isolation or restriction of free movement imposed to prevent the spread of contagious disease.

Being without or almost without hope


4. Hieroglyphic

Sharing the same opinions or views; being in complete harmony or accord.

To grow well or luxuriantly; thrive

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

Relating to a system of writing, such as that of ancient Egypt, in which pictorial symbols are used to represent meaning or sounds or a combination of meaning and sound.


5. Jaunty

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

Having a buoyant or self-confident air; brisk.

A schedule of prices or fees.

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


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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.