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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 

INFLUENCER

DEFINITION:
Someone who uses their online reputation to prompt people to buy things.

FOUND IN THE NEWS:
“We have a lot of influencers who’ve come in and a lot of community members who have seen us through social media and come in and sell,” said Jessica Lucero, owner of In The Middle.
The Albuquerque Journal, 08/17/2026

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. Maneuver

A movement or procedure involving skill and dexterity.

A member of an irregular, usually indigenous military or paramilitary unit operating in small bands in occupied territory to harass and undermine the enemy

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


2. Yacht

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

The branch of biology that deals with animals and animal life, including the study of the structure, physiology, development, and classification of animals.

The supporting and water-conducting tissue of vascular plants, consisting primarily of tracheids and vessels; woody tissue.

Having a buoyant or self-confident air; brisk.


3. Participle

Being without or almost without hope

A form of a verb that in some languages, such as English, can function independently as an adjective.

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

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


4. Guru

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

Loud, noisy, and lacking in restraint or discipline

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

A teacher and guide in spiritual and philosophical matters.


5. Nebula

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.

The quality or state of being tranquil; serenity.

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


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