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Words in the News

This Week's Word In The News 

GUARDRAIL

DEFINITION:
A railing guarding against danger. A fixture to prevent access to dangerous or off-limits areas.

FOUND IN THE NEWS:
As a progressive freshman mayor, Johnson’s challenge now is to stand up for Chicago’s large immigrant community while also navigating the risk of antagonizing Trump, who many experts believe will have fewer guardrails during his second term.
The Chicago Tribune, 01/27/2025

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5 Elementary 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. The brink of a dangerous situation.

kindle

similar

various

precipice


2. To cause to take physical form, or to cause an object to appear.

materialize

analyze

uncanny

construct


3. Anticipating something with anxiety or fear.

uncanny

construct

pertinent

apprehensive


4. To influence or alter.

commotion

affect

source

versatile


5. Open resistance; bold disobedience.

defiance

jostle

jargon

knoll


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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.

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