Words in the News

This Week's Word In The News 

RECIPROCAL

DEFINITION:
Given, felt, or done in return. Reward the positive or punish the negative.

FOUND IN THE NEWS:
With the reciprocal tariffs, Trump is effectively blowing up the rules governing world trade.
The Albuquerque Journal, 07/14/2025

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5 Middle School Words

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1. Zoology

A weather phenomenon in the Eastern Pacific that is precisely equivalent to a hurricane.

The systematic procedure by which a complex or scientific task is accomplished.

Grossly offensive to decency or morality.

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


2. Jaunty

To take in by elaborate methods of deceit

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

Sharing the same opinions or views; being in complete harmony or accord.

Having a buoyant or self-confident air; brisk.


3. Symbiosis

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

A relationship of mutual benefit or dependence.

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 repetition of the same sounds or of the same kinds of sounds at the beginning of words or in stressed syllables


4. Hypocrisy

The repetition of the same sounds or of the same kinds of sounds at the beginning of words or in stressed syllables

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

To proclaim publicly

The practice of professing beliefs, feelings, or virtues that one does not hold or possess; falseness.


5. Boisterous

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

Loud, noisy, and lacking in restraint or discipline

Not subject to an obligation imposed on others; exempt.

One that takes in everything available, as with the mind.


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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.