Words in the News

This Week's Word In The News 

PARLAY

DEFINITION:
A single bet that links together two or more individual wagers

FOUND IN THE NEWS:
Then comes the parlay attempt.
►The Key West Citizen, 01/05/2026

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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. Filibuster

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

► To divide (a geographic area) into voting districts so as to give unfair advantage to one party in elections.

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

► The basic unit of currency among participating European Union countries.

2. Quotidian

► Everyday; commonplace.

► Physics that deals with the relationships and conversions between heat and other forms of energy.

► Lacking social polish; tactless.

► The side of a right triangle opposite the right angle.

3. Temblor

► Lacking social polish; tactless.

► The side of a right triangle opposite the right angle.

► To modify, as by shortening or simplifying or by skewing the content in a certain manner.

► Shaking and vibration at the surface of the earth resulting from underground movement along a fault plane.

4. Diffident

► The process in green plants and certain other organisms by which carbohydrates are synthesized from carbon dioxide and water using light as an energy source.

► Lacking serious purpose or occupation; idle.

► Lacking or marked by a lack of self-confidence; shy and timid.

► The science and technology of building electronic circuits and devices from single atoms and molecules.

5. Equinox

► To bring under control; conquer.

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

► To separate or get rid of (an undesirable part); eliminate.

► Either of two points on the celestial sphere at which the ecliptic intersects the celestial equator.

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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.