Words in the News

This Week's Word In The News 

PARLIAMENTARIAN

DEFINITION:
A consultant who advises the presiding officer and other officers, committees, and members on matters of parliamentary procedure.

FOUND IN THE NEWS:
Mia Cooper, a parliamentarian for the district, brought her daughter to district meetings and state-level education forums as the girl grew up.
The Los Angeles Times, 03/09/2026

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5 Middle School Words

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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. Boycott

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

A preparation of a weakened or killed pathogen.

A schedule of prices or fees.

To abstain from or act together in abstaining from using, buying, or dealing with as an expression of protest or disfavor or as a means of coercion


2. Participle

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

One that speaks for, represents, or advocates

Harmful, malevolent, injurious. Harmfully cancerous.

A diffuse mass of interstellar dust or gas or both, visible as luminous patches or areas of darkness


3. Outrageous

Grossly offensive to decency or morality.

Being without or almost without hope

One thing conceived as representing another; a symbol.

In a deplorable state of distress or misfortune; miserable.


4. Typhoon

To move back or away from a limit, point, or mark

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

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

Marked by hearty conviviality and good cheer.


5. Tempo

A characteristic rate or rhythm of activity; a pace

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

To move in waves or with a smooth, wavelike motion.

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


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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.