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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. Despondent

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

Exceeding the limits of propriety or good manners; improperly forward or bold

Being without or almost without hope

To move back or away from a limit, point, or mark


2. Hologram

Forfeiture of something highly valued for the sake of one considered to have a greater value or claim.

Incorrectness of reasoning or belief

To grow well or luxuriantly; thrive

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


3. Parasite

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

Marked by hearty conviviality and good cheer.

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

Of or relating to the range of invisible radiation wavelengths from about 4 nanometers, on the border of the x-ray region, to about 380 nanometers, just beyond the violet in the visible spectrum.


4. Nocturnal

Conversation between characters in a drama or narrative

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

Of, relating to, or occurring in the night

A dense evergreen forest occupying a tropical region with an annual rainfall of at least 100 inches.


5. Alliteration

The quality or state of being tranquil; serenity.

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

A schedule of prices or fees.

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


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