Words in the News

This Week's Word In The News 

SIMLUATED

DEFINITION:
Made to look like or have the features of something else.

FOUND IN THE NEWS:
Here’s the full simluated injury report:
►The Boston Herald, 02/02/2026

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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. Vaccine

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

► To rejoice greatly; be jubilant or triumphant

► A preparation of a weakened or killed pathogen.

► A grotesque ornamental figure or projection.

2. Bizarre

► A closed plane figure bounded by three or more line segments.

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

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

► A schedule of prices or fees.

3. Guru

► The science and art of using all the forces of a nation to execute approved plans as effectively as possible during peace or war.

► A teacher and guide in spiritual and philosophical matters.

► The main character in a drama or other literary work.

► Self-examination.

4. Suffrage

► Self-examination.

► A person with masterly skill or technique in the arts.

► The quality or state of being tranquil; serenity.

► The right or privilege of voting; franchise.

5. Immune

► Similarity in some respects between things that are otherwise dissimilar.

► The arrangement of events in time

► 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.

► Not subject to an obligation imposed on others; exempt.

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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.