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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 

PARLIAMENTARIAN

DEFINITION:
A consultant who advises the presiding officer and other officers, committees, and members on matters of parliamentary procedure.

FOUND IN THE NEWS:
Mia Cooper, a parliamentarian for the district, brought her daughter to district meetings and state-level education forums as the girl grew up.
The Los Angeles Times, 03/09/2026

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. Lichen

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

A fungus, usually of the class Ascomycetes, that grows symbiotically with algae,

The quality or state of being tranquil; serenity.

A preparation of a weakened or killed pathogen.


2. Kilometer

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

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

Similarity in some respects between things that are otherwise dissimilar.

A weather phenomenon in the Eastern Pacific that is precisely equivalent to a hurricane.


3. Commemorate

Similarity in some respects between things that are otherwise dissimilar.

A weather phenomenon in the Eastern Pacific that is precisely equivalent to a hurricane.

A proportional part or share.

To honor the memory of with a ceremony


4. Inference

The act of reasoning from factual knowledge or evidence.

To stress or emphasize; intensify

Using or marked by the use of few words; terse or concise.

The arrangement of events in time


5. Flourish

A relationship of mutual benefit or dependence.

To grow well or luxuriantly; thrive

Self-examination.

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


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