Words in the News

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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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. Polymer

► Any of numerous natural and synthetic compounds consisting of up to millions of repeated linked units,

► Of, relating to, or produced by motion.

► To impress (something) upon the mind of another by frequent instruction or repetition; instill.

► Not interesting; dull:

2. Kowtow

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

► To show servile deference.

► Feeling or showing haughty disdain.

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

3. Bellicose

► Warlike in manner or temperament; pugnacious.

► To proceed completely around:

► A doctrine holding that all values are baseless and that nothing can be known or communicated.

► The process in cell division by which the nucleus divides.

4. Chicanery

► The process in cell division by which the nucleus divides.

► A temple tower of the ancient Assyrians and Babylonians, having the form of a terraced pyramid of successively receding stories.

► Deception by trickery or sophistry.

► Eating and drinking in moderation.

5. Abjure

► To renounce under oath; forswear.

► Characterized by forcefulness of expression or intensity of emotion or conviction; fervid.

► To bring under control; conquer.

► The use of obstructionist tactics, especially prolonged speechmaking, for the purpose of delaying legislative action.

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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.