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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 

PARLIAMENTARIAN

DEFINITION:
A consultant who advises the presiding officer and other officers, committees, and members on matters of parliamentary procedure.

FOUND IN THE NEWS:
Mia Cooper, a parliamentarian for the district, brought her daughter to district meetings and state-level education forums as the girl grew up.
The Los Angeles Times, 03/09/2026

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. Accentuate

A proportional part or share.

A teacher and guide in spiritual and philosophical matters.

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

To stress or emphasize; intensify


2. Yacht

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

Any of various relatively small sailing or motor-driven vessels used for pleasure cruises or racing.

The main character in a drama or other literary work.

Strikingly unconventional and far-fetched in style or appearance; odd


3. Deduction

An intricate structure of interconnecting passages through which it is difficult to find one’s way; a maze.

The drawing of a conclusion by reasoning; the act of deducing.

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

Having no specific pattern, purpose, or objective.


4. Exult

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

To rejoice greatly; be jubilant or triumphant

A preparation of a weakened or killed pathogen.

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


5. Antibody

A Y-shaped protein on the surface of B cells that is secreted into the blood or lymph in response to an antigenic stimulus

Relating to a system of writing, such as that of ancient Egypt, in which pictorial symbols are used to represent meaning or sounds or a combination of meaning and sound.

An alteration or change, as in nature, form, or quality.

A form of a verb that in some languages, such as English, can function independently as an adjective.


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