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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 

DONNED

DEFINITION:
To have put something on, as in clothing or hats.

FOUND IN THE NEWS:
Quarterback Matthew Stafford donned his neoprene undergarment.
The Los Angeles Times, 01/19/2026

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. Tsunami

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

A grotesque ornamental figure or projection.

A disorderly commotion or disturbance.

A very large and destructive wave, generally caused by a tremendous disturbance in the ocean, such as an undersea earthquake or volcanic eruption.


2. Unanimous

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

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

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.

An embankment built to prevent flooding


3. Nebula

An embankment built to prevent flooding

One thing conceived as representing another; a symbol.

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

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


4. Suffrage

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

The main character in a drama or other literary work.

The right or privilege of voting; franchise.

To take in by elaborate methods of deceit


5. Quandary

A state of uncertainty or perplexity.

To stress or emphasize; intensify

To cringe in fear

Forfeiture of something highly valued for the sake of one considered to have a greater value or claim.


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