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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1. Accentuate

To rejoice greatly; be jubilant or triumphant

Loud, noisy, and lacking in restraint or discipline

One that speaks for, represents, or advocates

To stress or emphasize; intensify


2. Aspire

To have a great ambition or ultimate goal

The distribution of energy emitted by a radiant source, arranged in order of wavelengths.

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

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


3. Virtuoso

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

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

A person with masterly skill or technique in the arts.

An ammunition belt, worn over the shoulder, having loops or pockets for cartridges.


4. Silhouette

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

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

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

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


5. Inference

A member of an irregular, usually indigenous military or paramilitary unit operating in small bands in occupied territory to harass and undermine the enemy

The act of reasoning from factual knowledge or evidence.

A fungus, usually of the class Ascomycetes, that grows symbiotically with algae,

The supporting and water-conducting tissue of vascular plants, consisting primarily of tracheids and vessels; woody tissue.


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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.