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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 

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

Words in the News Quiz
5 Middle 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. Nocturnal

To move in waves or with a smooth, wavelike motion.

One that takes in everything available, as with the mind.

The systematic procedure by which a complex or scientific task is accomplished.

Of, relating to, or occurring in the night


2. Toxin

One who habitually takes advantage of the generosity of others without making any useful return.

To take in by elaborate methods of deceit

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

A poisonous substance, especially a protein, that is produced by living cells or organisms.


3. Tumult

Self-examination.

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

To pound, crush, or grind to a powder or dust.

A disorderly commotion or disturbance.


4. Renaissance

A rebirth or revival.

Any of various relatively small sailing or motor-driven vessels used for pleasure cruises or racing.

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

A characteristic rate or rhythm of activity; a pace


5. Solstice

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

A characteristic rate or rhythm of activity; a pace

To stress or emphasize; intensify

Either of two times of the year when the sun is at its greatest distance from the celestial equator.


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