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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 

ACQUAINTANCE

DEFINITION:
A person one knows slightly, but who is not a close friend.

FOUND IN THE NEWS:
When photographer Peter Turnley was just 20 years old, an acquaintance from the California Office of Economic Opportunity reached out to him with a question.
The Los Angeles Times, 12/01/2025

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. Xylem

To have a great ambition or ultimate goal

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

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

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


2. Repose

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

In a deplorable state of distress or misfortune; miserable.

The distance that light travels in a vacuum in one year.

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


3. Immune

Consuming or eager to consume great amounts of food; ravenous.

Not subject to an obligation imposed on others; exempt.

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

A metric unit of length equal to 1,000 meters (0.62 mile).


4. Silhouette

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

A rebirth or revival.

The quality or state of being tranquil; serenity.

A treeless area between the icecap and the tree line of Arctic regions, having a permanently frozen subsoil and supporting low-growing vegetation


5. Deduction

The quality or state of being tranquil; serenity.

A treeless area between the icecap and the tree line of Arctic regions, having a permanently frozen subsoil and supporting low-growing vegetation

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

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


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