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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. Mosaic

A teacher and guide in spiritual and philosophical matters.

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

A picture or decorative design made by setting small colored pieces, as of stone or tile, into a surface.

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


2. Flourish

To grow well or luxuriantly; thrive

Having a buoyant or self-confident air; brisk.

A schedule of prices or fees.

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


3. Embargo

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

To have a great ambition or ultimate goal

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

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


4. Zoology

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

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

A relationship of mutual benefit or dependence.

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.


5. Boisterous

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.

To proclaim publicly

Loud, noisy, and lacking in restraint or discipline

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


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