Words in the News

This Week's Word In The News 

PARLAY

DEFINITION:
A single bet that links together two or more individual wagers

FOUND IN THE NEWS:
Then comes the parlay attempt.
The Key West Citizen, 01/05/2026

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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. Alliteration

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

To move back or away from a limit, point, or mark

The food-conducting tissue of vascular plants, consisting of sieve tubes, fibers, parenchyma, and sclereids.

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


2. Plateau

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

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

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

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


3. Mosaic

A picture or decorative design made by setting small colored pieces, as of stone or tile, into a surface.

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

A rebirth or revival.

To stress or emphasize; intensify


4. Solstice

A preparation of a weakened or killed pathogen.

Either of two times of the year when the sun is at its greatest distance from the celestial equator.

A metric unit of length equal to 1,000 meters (0.62 mile).

The arrangement of events in time


5. Quota

To have a great ambition or ultimate goal

A proportional part or share.

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

A grotesque ornamental figure or projection.


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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.