Words in the News

This Week's Word In The News 

DONNED

DEFINITION:
To have put something on, as in clothing or hats.

FOUND IN THE NEWS:
Quarterback Matthew Stafford donned his neoprene undergarment.
The Los Angeles Times, 01/19/2026

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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. Commemorate

The distance that light travels in a vacuum in one year.

Having no specific pattern, purpose, or objective.

To honor the memory of with a ceremony

To grow well or luxuriantly; thrive


2. Renaissance

Incorrectness of reasoning or belief

Having a buoyant or self-confident air; brisk.

A rebirth or revival.

Of, relating to, or occurring in the night


3. Repose

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

The act of resting or the state of being at rest.

Relating to a system of writing, such as that of ancient Egypt, in which pictorial symbols are used to represent meaning or sounds or a combination of meaning and sound.

To take in by elaborate methods of deceit


4. Laconic

To stress or emphasize; intensify

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

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

To abstain from or act together in abstaining from using, buying, or dealing with as an expression of protest or disfavor or as a means of coercion


5. Camouflage

Loud, noisy, and lacking in restraint or discipline

Not subject to an obligation imposed on others; exempt.

The method or result of concealing personnel or equipment from an enemy by making them appear to be part of the natural surroundings

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


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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.