Words in the News

This Week's Word In The News 

ACCOST

DEFINITION:
To approach and speak to (someone) in an often challenging or aggressive way.

FOUND IN THE NEWS:
As their identities became more public, the operators were even accosted in their off hours.
The Anchorage Daily News, 09/21/2026

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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. Lucid

The predominant influence, as of a state, region, or group, over another or others.

Quickness, accuracy, and keenness of judgment or insight.

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

Clear to the understanding.


2. Oxidize

Needless repetition of the same sense in different words; redundancy.

To weaken or destroy the strength or vitality of.

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

Eating and drinking in moderation.


3. Gamete

Of, relating to, or produced by motion.

Extremely rapid, hasty, or abrupt; precipitate.

A part, portion, or share.

A reproductive cell having the haploid number of chromosomes, especially a mature sperm or egg capable of fusing with a gamete of the opposite sex to produce the fertilized egg.


4. Thermodynamics

Not interesting; dull:

To insert or introduce between other elements or parts.

Noninterference in the affairs of others.

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


5. Abjure

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

To renounce under oath; forswear.

Attended by favorable circumstances; propitious.

An advocate of the extension of political voting rights, especially to women.


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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.