Words in the News

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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5 High School Words

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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. Incognito

► An extremely distant, and thus old, celestial object whose power output is several thousand times that of our entire galaxy.

► Having one’s true identity concealed.

► Interchanged, given, or owed to each other.

► Quickness, accuracy, and keenness of judgment or insight.

2. Kowtow

► Quickness, accuracy, and keenness of judgment or insight.

► Not limited to or associated with a particular religious denomination.

► Overbearing pride or presumption; arrogance.

► To show servile deference.

3. Notarize

► Division into ordered groups or categories.

► A dramatic or literary form of discourse in which a character talks to himself or herself or reveals his or her thoughts without addressing a listener.

► To certify or attest to (the validity of a signature on a document, for example) as a notary public.

► The use of words to express something different from and often opposite to their literal meaning.

4. Bellicose

► Warlike in manner or temperament; pugnacious.

► Impossible to dispute; unquestionable

► Not interesting; dull:

► The use of unnecessarily wordy and indirect language.

5. Oxidize

► Not interesting; dull:

► The use of unnecessarily wordy and indirect language.

► To insert or introduce between other elements or parts.

► To increase the positive charge or valence of (an element) by removing electrons.

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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.