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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 

ACQUAINTANCE

DEFINITION:
A person one knows slightly, but who is not a close friend.

FOUND IN THE NEWS:
When photographer Peter Turnley was just 20 years old, an acquaintance from the California Office of Economic Opportunity reached out to him with a question.
The Los Angeles Times, 12/01/2025

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. Deduction

The act of reasoning from factual knowledge or evidence.

Appropriateness of behavior or conduct

To stress or emphasize; intensify

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


2. Unanimous

The arrangement of events in time

Sharing the same opinions or views; being in complete harmony or accord.

A fungus, usually of the class Ascomycetes, that grows symbiotically with algae,

To condescend to give or grant


3. Mutation

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

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

Any of several rod-shaped bacteria, of the genus Salmonella, that cause food poisoning and other diseases.

Having a buoyant or self-confident air; brisk.


4. Vaccine

A preparation of a weakened or killed pathogen.

The distance that light travels in a vacuum in one year.

To grow well or luxuriantly; thrive

One thing conceived as representing another; a symbol.


5. Zoology

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

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

A diffuse mass of interstellar dust or gas or both, visible as luminous patches or areas of darkness

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


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