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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. Decorum

A grotesque ornamental figure or projection.

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

A dense evergreen forest occupying a tropical region with an annual rainfall of at least 100 inches.

Appropriateness of behavior or conduct


2. Protagonist

Having a backbone or spinal column.

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

Having or demonstrating enthusiasm

The main character in a drama or other literary work.


3. Deign

The quality or state of being tranquil; serenity.

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

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

To condescend to give or grant


4. Pulverize

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

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

To pound, crush, or grind to a powder or dust.

A fungus, usually of the class Ascomycetes, that grows symbiotically with algae,


5. Phloem

One that is inconvenient, annoying, or vexatious; a bother.

An ammunition belt, worn over the shoulder, having loops or pockets for cartridges.

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

A disorderly commotion or disturbance.


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