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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 

SUREFIRE

DEFINITION:
Certain or likely, especially to succeed.

FOUND IN THE NEWS:
Kirby taught himself how to count cards, a surefire way to get barred from gambling at a casino, “raking in money on trips to Atlantic City and Las Vegas,” the article stated.
The Las Vegas Review-Journal, 05/04/2026

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

An elevated, comparatively level expanse of land; a tableland.

A proportional part or share.

Being without or almost without hope

A movement or procedure involving skill and dexterity.


2. Suffrage

To cringe in fear

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

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

The right or privilege of voting; franchise.


3. Levee

An ammunition belt, worn over the shoulder, having loops or pockets for cartridges.

A closed plane figure bounded by three or more line segments.

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

An embankment built to prevent flooding


4. Alliteration

One who rejects a religion, cause, allegiance, or group for another; a deserter.

The systematic procedure by which a complex or scientific task is accomplished.

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

Having or demonstrating enthusiasm


5. Parasite

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

Enforced isolation or restriction of free movement imposed to prevent the spread of contagious disease.

Grossly offensive to decency or morality.

Not subject to an obligation imposed on others; exempt.


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