Words in the News

This Week's Word In The News 

RENDERING

DEFINITION:
Giving something to someone.

FOUND IN THE NEWS:
The replay booth has been working overtime in the Stanley Cup Final, and the officials charged with rendering the final verdicts probably won’t be getting any comped dinners in Las Vegas anytime soon.
The Las Vegas Review-Journal, 06/08/2026

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5 Elementary 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. apprehensive

Anticipating something with anxiety or fear.

A small hill or mound.

The power to affect, control or manipulate something or someone; the ability to change the development of fluctuating things such as conduct, thoughts or decisions.

The dividing line or location between two areas.


2. topic

The power to affect, control or manipulate something or someone; the ability to change the development of fluctuating things such as conduct, thoughts or decisions.

The dividing line or location between two areas.

Speech or language that is incomprehensible or unintelligible; gibberish.

Subject; theme; a category or general area of interest.


3. materialize

Scattered fragments, typically of something wrecked or destroyed

To identify by or divide into classes; to categorize.

An individual instance that represents a class; an example.

To cause to take physical form, or to cause an object to appear.


4. symbolism

The result or outcome of a cause.

Representation of a concept through symbols or underlying meanings of objects or qualities.

Doubt, apprehension, a feeling of dread

Enthusiasm; enjoyment, vigor


5. attentive

To make clear; to free from obscurities; to brighten or illuminate.

To hear a conversation one is not intended to hear; to listen in.

Paying attention; noticing, watching, listening, or attending closely.

To make happy, cheer up.


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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.