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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 

PLOY

DEFINITION:
A cunning plan or action designed to turn a situation to one's own advantage.

FOUND IN THE NEWS:
“First of all, I think it’s important to recognize that the majority of the American people find this behavior deeply troubling,” said the 44th president, conceding that it does serve as an effective distraction and ploy for attention.
The Boston Herald, 02/16/2026

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. Chronology

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

To honor the memory of with a ceremony

The arrangement of events in time

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


2. Exult

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

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

To rejoice greatly; be jubilant or triumphant

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.


3. Wretched

In a deplorable state of distress or misfortune; miserable.

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

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

A drawing consisting of the outline of something, especially a human profile, filled in with a solid color.


4. Embargo

A drawing consisting of the outline of something, especially a human profile, filled in with a solid color.

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

A prohibition by a government on certain or all trade with a foreign nation

A rebirth or revival.


5. Eclectic

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

To have a great ambition or ultimate goal

Selecting or employing individual elements from a variety of sources, systems, or styles

A movement or procedure involving skill and dexterity.


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