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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 

MURKY

DEFINITION:
A situation that is complicated and unpleasant, and about which many facts are not clear.

FOUND IN THE NEWS:
What happened next is murky.
The Duluth News Tribune, 03/27/2023

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. Immune

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

To take in by elaborate methods of deceit

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

Not subject to an obligation imposed on others; exempt.


2. Ultraviolet

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.

The quality or state of being tranquil; serenity.

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

Having a backbone or spinal column.


3. Impertinent

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

A movement or procedure involving skill and dexterity.

To grow well or luxuriantly; thrive

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


4. Sect

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

Having a buoyant or self-confident air; brisk.

A prohibition by a government on certain or all trade with a foreign nation

To honor the memory of with a ceremony


5. Zoology

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

A picture or decorative design made by setting small colored pieces, as of stone or tile, into a surface.

To stress or emphasize; intensify

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


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