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. Parasite

Any of various relatively small sailing or motor-driven vessels used for pleasure cruises or racing.

Incorrectness of reasoning or belief

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

One who habitually takes advantage of the generosity of others without making any useful return.


2. Labyrinth

An alteration or change, as in nature, form, or quality.

An intricate structure of interconnecting passages through which it is difficult to find one’s way; a maze.

A characteristic rate or rhythm of activity; a pace

The locus of points for which the sum of the distances from each point to two fixed points is equal


3. Formidable

Grossly offensive to decency or morality.

Inspiring awe, admiration, or wonder

Sharing the same opinions or views; being in complete harmony or accord.

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


4. Technique

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

Of or relating to the range of invisible radiation wavelengths from about 4 nanometers, on the border of the x-ray region, to about 380 nanometers, just beyond the violet in the visible spectrum.

Of, relating to, or occurring in the night

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


5. Hologram

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

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

To stress or emphasize; intensify

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


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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.