Words in the News

This Week's Word In The News 

DISABILITY

DEFINITION:
A physical, mental, cognitive, or developmental condition that makes it more difficult for a person to do certain tasks or participate in daily activities.

FOUND IN THE NEWS:
The agreement last week between Disability-rights groups and Secretary of State Shirley Weber follows an Oct. 2 ruling by U.S. Magistrate Judge Sallie Kim of San Francisco that the current system violates the Americans with Disabilities Act and other laws.
►San Francisco Chronicle, 11/02/2026

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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. boundary

► Hidden, secret

► The dividing line or location between two areas.

► To send someone away and forbid that person from returning.

► To make sure or certain of something (usually some future event or condition).


2. somber

► The act of inhabiting; state of inhabiting or dwelling, or of being inhabited; occupancy.

► Dark or dreary in character; joyless, and grim.

► Obvious or easy to notice.

► To waver or be unsteady.


3. detail

► Displeasing to the eye

► Something small enough to escape casual notice.

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

► Strange or mysterious, esp. in an unsettling way


4. compromise

► Of a central nature, first and foremost

► A thing that is granted, esp. in response to demands.

► A piece of written, printed, or electronic matter that provides information or evidence or that serves as an official record.

► The person, place or thing from which something (information, goods, etc.) comes or is acquired.


5. interpret

► The person, place or thing from which something (information, goods, etc.) comes or is acquired.

► A form of acrobatic display which involves the dramatic bending and flexing of the human body.

► A long flat-topped fixture in a store or bank across which business is conducted with customers.

► Explain the meaning of (information, words, or actions)


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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.