Words in the News

This Week's Word In The News 

SUREFIRE

DEFINITION:
Certain or likely, especially to succeed.

FOUND IN THE NEWS:
Kirby taught himself how to count cards, a surefire way to get barred from gambling at a casino, “raking in money on trips to Atlantic City and Las Vegas,” the article stated.
►The Las Vegas Review-Journal, 05/04/2026

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5 High School Words

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1. Suffragist

► Something done or paid to compensate or make amends.

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

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

► A form of government in which the political authority exercises absolute and centralized control over all aspects of life,

2. Churlish

► Having a bad disposition; surly.

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

► Very talkative; garrulous.

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

3. Fatuous

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

► Full of or exhibiting servile compliance; fawning.

► Vacuously, smugly, and unconsciously foolish.

► Put together; created.

4. Chicanery

► 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.

► Deception by trickery or sophistry.

► Feeling or showing haughty disdain.

► Division into ordered groups or categories.

5. Hubris

► Having a harmful effect; injurious.

► Overbearing pride or presumption; arrogance.

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

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

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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.