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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 

WILDFIRE

DEFINITION:
An unplanned and uncontrolled fire in an area of combustible vegetation.

FOUND IN THE NEWS:
It was not yet clear how the wildfires started, but a long drought, low humidity and strong winds were fueling them.
The Key West Citizen, 04/27/2026

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. Renaissance

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

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

A rebirth or revival.

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


2. Bandolier

An ammunition belt, worn over the shoulder, having loops or pockets for cartridges.

The quality or state of being tranquil; serenity.

Having no specific pattern, purpose, or objective.

Similarity in some respects between things that are otherwise dissimilar.


3. Lichen

A grotesque ornamental figure or projection.

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

To swing indecisively from one course of action or opinion to another.

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


4. Vertebrate

Having a backbone or spinal column.

A preparation of a weakened or killed pathogen.

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

Appropriateness of behavior or conduct


5. Unanimous

Appropriateness of behavior or conduct

The arrangement of events in time

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

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


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