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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. Tempo

The supporting and water-conducting tissue of vascular plants, consisting primarily of tracheids and vessels; woody tissue.

Grossly offensive to decency or morality.

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

A characteristic rate or rhythm of activity; a pace


2. Repose

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

The quality or state of being tranquil; serenity.

The act of resting or the state of being at rest.

The arrangement of events in time


3. Deign

The food-conducting tissue of vascular plants, consisting of sieve tubes, fibers, parenchyma, and sclereids.

To condescend to give or grant

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

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


4. Exult

To rejoice greatly; be jubilant or triumphant

Having a backbone or spinal column.

To honor the memory of with a ceremony

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


5. Metaphor

One that speaks for, represents, or advocates

One thing conceived as representing another; a symbol.

Self-examination.

To swing indecisively from one course of action or opinion to another.


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