Words in the News

This Week's Word In The News 

PARLIAMENTARIAN

DEFINITION:
A consultant who advises the presiding officer and other officers, committees, and members on matters of parliamentary procedure.

FOUND IN THE NEWS:
Mia Cooper, a parliamentarian for the district, brought her daughter to district meetings and state-level education forums as the girl grew up.
►The Los Angeles Times, 03/09/2026

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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. Protagonist

► To have a great ambition or ultimate goal

► Something that is passed down from preceding generations; a tradition.

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

► Incorrectness of reasoning or belief

2. Commemorate

► To honor the memory of with a ceremony

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

► A preparation of a weakened or killed pathogen.

► A form of a verb that in some languages, such as English, can function independently as an adjective.

3. Quota

► A preparation of a weakened or killed pathogen.

► A form of a verb that in some languages, such as English, can function independently as an adjective.

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

► A proportional part or share.

4. Embargo

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

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

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

► A rebirth or revival.

5. Hologram

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

► To pound, crush, or grind to a powder or dust.

► Conversation between characters in a drama or narrative

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

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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.