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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.
This Week's Word In The News 

SEGREGATED

DEFINITION:
Kept separate or treated differently according to race, sex, religion, etc.

FOUND IN THE NEWS:
The other flag, dubbed “History,” is a nod to the Black experience in St. Petersburg, which was once heavily segregated.
The Key West Citizen, 10/13/2025

Words in the News Quiz
5 Middle School Words

Click on the correct answer in the quiz below.
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. Hieroglyphic

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.

The quality or state of being tranquil; serenity.

The act of reasoning from factual knowledge or evidence.

One thing conceived as representing another; a symbol.


2. Commemorate

To honor the memory of with a ceremony

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

The science and art of using all the forces of a nation to execute approved plans as effectively as possible during peace or war.

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


3. Silhouette

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

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

A grotesque ornamental figure or projection.

The drawing of a conclusion by reasoning; the act of deducing.


4. Suffrage

The drawing of a conclusion by reasoning; the act of deducing.

A Y-shaped protein on the surface of B cells that is secreted into the blood or lymph in response to an antigenic stimulus

To proclaim publicly

The right or privilege of voting; franchise.


5. Vaccine

Having a buoyant or self-confident air; brisk.

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

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

A preparation of a weakened or killed pathogen.


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