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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. Levee

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

A grotesque ornamental figure or projection.

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

An embankment built to prevent flooding


2. Phloem

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

Inspiring awe, admiration, or wonder

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

The method or result of concealing personnel or equipment from an enemy by making them appear to be part of the natural surroundings


3. Deduction

A movement or procedure involving skill and dexterity.

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

A disorderly commotion or disturbance.

The science and art of using all the forces of a nation to execute approved plans as effectively as possible during peace or war.


4. Tempo

Self-examination.

A characteristic rate or rhythm of activity; a pace

A conventional, formulaic, and oversimplified conception, opinion, or image.

The right or privilege of voting; franchise.


5. Solstice

The right or privilege of voting; franchise.

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

A form of a verb that in some languages, such as English, can function independently as an adjective.

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


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