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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 

WILDFIRE

DEFINITION:
An unplanned and uncontrolled fire in an area of combustible vegetation.

FOUND IN THE NEWS:
It was not yet clear how the wildfires started, but a long drought, low humidity and strong winds were fueling them.
The Key West Citizen, 04/27/2026

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. Sect

To cringe in fear

A cult or religious movement, a group sharing particular (often unorthodox) political and/or religious beliefs.

Having a backbone or spinal column.

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


2. Nuisance

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

A person with masterly skill or technique in the arts.

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

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


3. Spectrum

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

A schedule of prices or fees.

The distribution of energy emitted by a radiant source, arranged in order of wavelengths.

To have a great ambition or ultimate goal


4. Strategy

To grow well or luxuriantly; thrive

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

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

Incorrectness of reasoning or belief


5. Delegate

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

The right or privilege of voting; franchise.

A person authorized to act as representative for another; a deputy.

Of, relating to, or occurring in the night


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