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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 

ACQUAINTANCE

DEFINITION:
A person one knows slightly, but who is not a close friend.

FOUND IN THE NEWS:
When photographer Peter Turnley was just 20 years old, an acquaintance from the California Office of Economic Opportunity reached out to him with a question.
The Los Angeles Times, 12/01/2025

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. Mutation

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

A disorderly commotion or disturbance.

To proclaim publicly

Self-examination.


2. Deduction

Self-examination.

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

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

Conversation between characters in a drama or narrative


3. Spectrum

The distribution of energy emitted by a radiant source, arranged in order of wavelengths.

Of, relating to, or occurring in the night

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

The main character in a drama or other literary work.


4. Heritage

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

The main character in a drama or other literary work.

Strikingly unconventional and far-fetched in style or appearance; odd

Something that is passed down from preceding generations; a tradition.


5. Camouflage

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

Having a buoyant or self-confident air; brisk.

A relationship of mutual benefit or dependence.


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