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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 

PLOY

DEFINITION:
A cunning plan or action designed to turn a situation to one's own advantage.

FOUND IN THE NEWS:
“First of all, I think it’s important to recognize that the majority of the American people find this behavior deeply troubling,” said the 44th president, conceding that it does serve as an effective distraction and ploy for attention.
►The Boston Herald, 02/16/2026

Words in the News Quiz
5 Middle School Words

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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. Flourish

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

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

► To grow well or luxuriantly; thrive

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

2. Jaunty

► Having a buoyant or self-confident air; brisk.

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

► To take in by elaborate methods of deceit

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

3. Exponent

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

► One that speaks for, represents, or advocates

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

► To rejoice greatly; be jubilant or triumphant

4. Chronology

► The arrangement of events in time

► 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.

► The locus of points for which the sum of the distances from each point to two fixed points is equal

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

5. Outrageous

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

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

► Grossly offensive to decency or morality.

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

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