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. Deduction

The drawing of a conclusion by reasoning; the act of deducing.

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

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

The quality or state of being tranquil; serenity.


2. Cower

To cringe in fear

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

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

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


3. Jovial

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

A conventional, formulaic, and oversimplified conception, opinion, or image.

Marked by hearty conviviality and good cheer.

Consuming or eager to consume great amounts of food; ravenous.


4. Nocturnal

Similarity in some respects between things that are otherwise dissimilar.

An elevated, comparatively level expanse of land; a tableland.

A drawing consisting of the outline of something, especially a human profile, filled in with a solid color.

Of, relating to, or occurring in the night


5. Decorum

Appropriateness of behavior or conduct

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

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

To have a great ambition or ultimate goal


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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.