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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1. Lichen

A drawing consisting of the outline of something, especially a human profile, filled in with a solid color.

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

A fungus, usually of the class Ascomycetes, that grows symbiotically with algae,

A disorderly commotion or disturbance.


2. Participle

A weather phenomenon in the Eastern Pacific that is precisely equivalent to a hurricane.

A form of a verb that in some languages, such as English, can function independently as an adjective.

Using or marked by the use of few words; terse or concise.

A member of an irregular, usually indigenous military or paramilitary unit operating in small bands in occupied territory to harass and undermine the enemy


3. Rainforest

Self-examination.

Strikingly unconventional and far-fetched in style or appearance; odd

A dense evergreen forest occupying a tropical region with an annual rainfall of at least 100 inches.

Inspiring awe, admiration, or wonder


4. Delegate

Selecting or employing individual elements from a variety of sources, systems, or styles

Conversation between characters in a drama or narrative

A person authorized to act as representative for another; a deputy.

A person with masterly skill or technique in the arts.


5. Flourish

The supporting and water-conducting tissue of vascular plants, consisting primarily of tracheids and vessels; woody tissue.

To take in by elaborate methods of deceit

To grow well or luxuriantly; thrive

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.


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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.