Words in the News

This Week's Word In The News 

SIMULCAST

DEFINITION:
A simultaneous transmission of the same programme on radio and television, or on two or more channels.

FOUND IN THE NEWS:
He was a commentator for the Lakers alongside the venerable Chick Hearn, doing what was then a simulcast of radio and television.
The Los Angeles Times, 02/23/2026

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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. Tumult

Any of various nonplacental mammals, including kangaroos, opossums, bandicoots, and wombats, found principally in Australia and the Americas.

Having or demonstrating enthusiasm

A disorderly commotion or disturbance.

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


2. Renegade

Something that is passed down from preceding generations; a tradition.

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

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

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


3. Vacillate

To swing indecisively from one course of action or opinion to another.

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.

A person with masterly skill or technique in the arts.

Being without or almost without hope


4. Bizarre

A person with masterly skill or technique in the arts.

Being without or almost without hope

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

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


5. Yacht

A schedule of prices or fees.

Conversation between characters in a drama or narrative

Harmful, malevolent, injurious. Harmfully cancerous.

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


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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.