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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 

PARLIAMENTARIAN

DEFINITION:
A consultant who advises the presiding officer and other officers, committees, and members on matters of parliamentary procedure.

FOUND IN THE NEWS:
Mia Cooper, a parliamentarian for the district, brought her daughter to district meetings and state-level education forums as the girl grew up.
The Los Angeles Times, 03/09/2026

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. Exponent

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

A disorderly commotion or disturbance.

A grotesque ornamental figure or projection.

One that speaks for, represents, or advocates


2. Nocturnal

Of, relating to, or occurring in the night

The quality or state of being tranquil; serenity.

A teacher and guide in spiritual and philosophical matters.

Consuming or eager to consume great amounts of food; ravenous.


3. Toxin

Consuming or eager to consume great amounts of food; ravenous.

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

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

The distribution of energy emitted by a radiant source, arranged in order of wavelengths.


4. Flourish

An alteration or change, as in nature, form, or quality.

To grow well or luxuriantly; thrive

A movement or procedure involving skill and dexterity.

A characteristic rate or rhythm of activity; a pace


5. Phloem

The food-conducting tissue of vascular plants, consisting of sieve tubes, fibers, parenchyma, and sclereids.

Being without or almost without hope

The pattern produced on a photosensitive medium that has been exposed by holography and then photographically developed.

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


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