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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.
This Week's Word In The News 

DONNED

DEFINITION:
To have put something on, as in clothing or hats.

FOUND IN THE NEWS:
Quarterback Matthew Stafford donned his neoprene undergarment.
The Los Angeles Times, 01/19/2026

Words in the News Quiz
5 High School Words

Click on the correct answer in the quiz below.
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. Jejune

The side of a right triangle opposite the right angle.

Architectural.

A plane curve formed by the intersection of a right circular cone and a plane parallel to an element of the cone.

Not interesting; dull:


2. Impeach

Full of or exhibiting servile compliance; fawning.

To make an accusation against.

The use of words to express something different from and often opposite to their literal meaning.

The basic unit of currency among participating European Union countries.


3. Temblor

Having unlimited or universal power, authority, or force; all-powerful.

A diligent, dependable worker.

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

Of the same or similar nature or kind


4. Hegemony

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

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

To certify or attest to (the validity of a signature on a document, for example) as a notary public.

A marked change in appearance, character, condition, or function.


5. Suffragist

A marked change in appearance, character, condition, or function.

A part, portion, or share.

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

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


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