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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. Tranquility

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

The quality or state of being tranquil; serenity.

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

The right or privilege of voting; franchise.


2. Dialogue

The right or privilege of voting; franchise.

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

A grotesque ornamental figure or projection.

Conversation between characters in a drama or narrative


3. Alliteration

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

A rebirth or revival.

Self-examination.

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


4. Immune

Self-examination.

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

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

Not subject to an obligation imposed on others; exempt.


5. Parasite

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

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

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.

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


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