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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 

RENDERING

DEFINITION:
Giving something to someone.

FOUND IN THE NEWS:
The replay booth has been working overtime in the Stanley Cup Final, and the officials charged with rendering the final verdicts probably won’t be getting any comped dinners in Las Vegas anytime soon.
The Las Vegas Review-Journal, 06/08/2026

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. Kilometer

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

A closed plane figure bounded by three or more line segments.

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

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


2. Jovial

Marked by hearty conviviality and good cheer.

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

One thing conceived as representing another; a symbol.

A prohibition by a government on certain or all trade with a foreign nation


3. Undulate

One thing conceived as representing another; a symbol.

A prohibition by a government on certain or all trade with a foreign nation

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

To move in waves or with a smooth, wavelike motion.


4. Divulge

To stress or emphasize; intensify

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

Loud, noisy, and lacking in restraint or discipline

To proclaim publicly


5. Parasite

A poisonous substance, especially a protein, that is produced by living cells or organisms.

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

To rejoice greatly; be jubilant or triumphant

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


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