Words in the News

This Week's Word In The News 

BOON

DEFINITION:
A thing that is helpful or beneficial.

FOUND IN THE NEWS:
A Miami World’s Fair would potentially result in a big tourism boon for the state and region, including the Florida Keys.
►The Key West Citizen, 01/26/2026

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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. Parasite

► 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.

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

► A diffuse mass of interstellar dust or gas or both, visible as luminous patches or areas of darkness

► Having a buoyant or self-confident air; brisk.

2. Dialogue

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

► A person authorized to act as representative for another; a deputy.

► Conversation between characters in a drama or narrative

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

3. Accentuate

► To stress or emphasize; intensify

► To honor the memory of with a ceremony

► To condescend to give or grant

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

4. Silhouette

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

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

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

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

5. Impertinent

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

► Self-examination.

► Incorrectness of reasoning or belief

► Exceeding the limits of propriety or good manners; improperly forward or bold

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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.