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This Week's Word In The News 

BARRICADE

DEFINITION:
Any object or structure that creates a barrier or obstacle to control, block passage or force the flow of traffic in the desired direction.

FOUND IN THE NEWS:
Demonstrators supporting and opposing Israel over the war in Gaza clashed in a large and noisy but mostly peaceful assembly at UCLA on Sunday, shouting slogans and pulling at police barricades not far from where pro-Palestinian students have maintained a tent encampment for days.
The Los Angeles Times, 04/29/2024

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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. Paying attention; noticing, watching, listening, or attending closely.

observe

attentive

bluff

meticulous


2. Watchful, especially for danger or disorder; alert; wary

meticulous

symbolism

swagger

vigilant


3. To come into view.

headway

weather

cause

emerge


4. Bizarre, strange

outlandish

reduce

apprehensive

analogy


5. The energy and strength for continuing to do something over a long period of time ; power of sustained exertion, or resistance to hardship, illness etc.

area

stamina

serenity

interpret


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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.