Words in the News

This Week's Word In The News 

SIMULCAST

DEFINITION:
A simultaneous transmission of the same programme on radio and television, or on two or more channels.

FOUND IN THE NEWS:
He was a commentator for the Lakers alongside the venerable Chick Hearn, doing what was then a simulcast of radio and television.
The Los Angeles Times, 02/23/2026

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5 Middle School Words

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1. Phloem

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

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

The right or privilege of voting; franchise.


2. Vaccine

The right or privilege of voting; franchise.

One who rejects a religion, cause, allegiance, or group for another; a deserter.

A preparation of a weakened or killed pathogen.

To proclaim publicly


3. Sacrifice

To abstain from or act together in abstaining from using, buying, or dealing with as an expression of protest or disfavor or as a means of coercion

To rejoice greatly; be jubilant or triumphant

Forfeiture of something highly valued for the sake of one considered to have a greater value or claim.

A Y-shaped protein on the surface of B cells that is secreted into the blood or lymph in response to an antigenic stimulus


4. Protagonist

Self-examination.

Having a buoyant or self-confident air; brisk.

The main character in a drama or other literary work.

Using or marked by the use of few words; terse or concise.


5. Bamboozle

Grossly offensive to decency or morality.

To take in by elaborate methods of deceit

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

The pattern produced on a photosensitive medium that has been exposed by holography and then photographically developed.


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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.