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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 

DENIALISM

DEFINITION:
Bianco’s investigation, which includes all the ballots cast in Riverside County in November, raises questions about how he would handle the election denialism movement if he is elected governor.

FOUND IN THE NEWS:
The practice of denying the existence, truth, or validity of something despite proof or strong evidence that it is real, true, or valid.
The Los Angeles Times, 03/23/2026

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. Impertinent

To condescend to give or grant

An unstable, poisonous allotrope of oxygen.

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

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


2. Salmonella

To proclaim publicly

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

Any of several rod-shaped bacteria, of the genus Salmonella, that cause food poisoning and other diseases.

To pound, crush, or grind to a powder or dust.


3. Flourish

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

In a deplorable state of distress or misfortune; miserable.

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

To grow well or luxuriantly; thrive


4. Technique

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

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

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

The systematic procedure by which a complex or scientific task is accomplished.


5. Decorum

To rejoice greatly; be jubilant or triumphant

Appropriateness of behavior or conduct

The quality or state of being tranquil; serenity.

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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