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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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. Nebula

An alteration or change, as in nature, form, or quality.

A diffuse mass of interstellar dust or gas or both, visible as luminous patches or areas of darkness

To take in by elaborate methods of deceit

Of, relating to, or occurring in the night


2. Unanimous

Of, relating to, or occurring in the night

Appropriateness of behavior or conduct

The act of resting or the state of being at rest.

Sharing the same opinions or views; being in complete harmony or accord.


3. Hypocrisy

The practice of professing beliefs, feelings, or virtues that one does not hold or possess; falseness.

The locus of points for which the sum of the distances from each point to two fixed points is equal

Any of various nonplacental mammals, including kangaroos, opossums, bandicoots, and wombats, found principally in Australia and the Americas.

Loud, noisy, and lacking in restraint or discipline


4. Renaissance

A very large and destructive wave, generally caused by a tremendous disturbance in the ocean, such as an undersea earthquake or volcanic eruption.

A rebirth or revival.

To abstain from or act together in abstaining from using, buying, or dealing with as an expression of protest or disfavor or as a means of coercion

Enforced isolation or restriction of free movement imposed to prevent the spread of contagious disease.


5. Commemorate

To honor the memory of with a ceremony

To condescend to give or grant

Of or relating to the range of invisible radiation wavelengths from about 4 nanometers, on the border of the x-ray region, to about 380 nanometers, just beyond the violet in the visible spectrum.

One that speaks for, represents, or advocates


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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.