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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. Recede

An unstable, poisonous allotrope of oxygen.

One thing conceived as representing another; a symbol.

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

To take in by elaborate methods of deceit


2. Tsunami

A cult or religious movement, a group sharing particular (often unorthodox) political and/or religious beliefs.

A poisonous substance, especially a protein, that is produced by living cells or organisms.

A very large and destructive wave, generally caused by a tremendous disturbance in the ocean, such as an undersea earthquake or volcanic eruption.

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


3. Salmonella

Any of several rod-shaped bacteria, of the genus Salmonella, that cause food poisoning and other diseases.

Any of various nonplacental mammals, including kangaroos, opossums, bandicoots, and wombats, found principally in Australia and the Americas.

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

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


4. Tariff

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

A member of an irregular, usually indigenous military or paramilitary unit operating in small bands in occupied territory to harass and undermine the enemy

A schedule of prices or fees.

A movement or procedure involving skill and dexterity.


5. Impertinent

Of, relating to, or occurring in the night

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

Not subject to an obligation imposed on others; exempt.

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


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