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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 

DENIALISM

DEFINITION:
Bianco’s investigation, which includes all the ballots cast in Riverside County in November, raises questions about how he would handle the election denialism movement if he is elected governor.

FOUND IN THE NEWS:
The practice of denying the existence, truth, or validity of something despite proof or strong evidence that it is real, true, or valid.
The Los Angeles Times, 03/23/2026

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. Alliteration

The drawing of a conclusion by reasoning; the act of deducing.

To proclaim publicly

One that speaks for, represents, or advocates

The repetition of the same sounds or of the same kinds of sounds at the beginning of words or in stressed syllables


2. Yacht

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

A member of an irregular, usually indigenous military or paramilitary unit operating in small bands in occupied territory to harass and undermine the enemy

Having a buoyant or self-confident air; brisk.

One that is inconvenient, annoying, or vexatious; a bother.


3. Quota

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

A proportional part or share.

A prohibition by a government on certain or all trade with a foreign nation

The act of resting or the state of being at rest.


4. Zoology

The act of resting or the state of being at rest.

Self-examination.

To condescend to give or grant

The branch of biology that deals with animals and animal life, including the study of the structure, physiology, development, and classification of animals.


5. Tsunami

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

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

A very large and destructive wave, generally caused by a tremendous disturbance in the ocean, such as an undersea earthquake or volcanic eruption.

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


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