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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 

DEPLETE

DEFINITION:
To use up or consume a limited resource.

FOUND IN THE NEWS:
Councilor Brian Worrell is sounding off after a Suffolk Superior Court judge ruled that if the footage became public before trial, it would deplete the jury pool in the manslaughter case against Boston police officer Nick O’Malley.
The Boston Herald, 07/27/2026

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. Renegade

Having a backbone or spinal column.

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

An elevated, comparatively level expanse of land; a tableland.

One who rejects a religion, cause, allegiance, or group for another; a deserter.


2. Divulge

The distance that light travels in a vacuum in one year.

A preparation of a weakened or killed pathogen.

Not subject to an obligation imposed on others; exempt.

To proclaim publicly


3. Heritage

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

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

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

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


4. Tranquility

The quality or state of being tranquil; serenity.

A Y-shaped protein on the surface of B cells that is secreted into the blood or lymph in response to an antigenic stimulus

Either of two times of the year when the sun is at its greatest distance from the celestial equator.

A schedule of prices or fees.


5. Introspection

The right or privilege of voting; franchise.

Self-examination.

A proportional part or share.

Grossly offensive to decency or morality.


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