Words in the News

This Week's Word In The News 

DONNED

DEFINITION:
To have put something on, as in clothing or hats.

FOUND IN THE NEWS:
Quarterback Matthew Stafford donned his neoprene undergarment.
The Los Angeles Times, 01/19/2026

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5 Middle School Words

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1. Plateau

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

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

The branch of biology that deals with animals and animal life, including the study of the structure, physiology, development, and classification of animals.

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


2. Quarantine

The branch of biology that deals with animals and animal life, including the study of the structure, physiology, development, and classification of animals.

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

A prohibition by a government on certain or all trade with a foreign nation

Enforced isolation or restriction of free movement imposed to prevent the spread of contagious disease.


3. Salmonella

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

Of, relating to, or occurring in the night

Having a backbone or spinal column.

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


4. Guerrilla

A member of an irregular, usually indigenous military or paramilitary unit operating in small bands in occupied territory to harass and undermine the enemy

The locus of points for which the sum of the distances from each point to two fixed points is equal

The quality or state of being tranquil; serenity.

Not subject to an obligation imposed on others; exempt.


5. Hypocrisy

Appropriateness of behavior or conduct

The practice of professing beliefs, feelings, or virtues that one does not hold or possess; falseness.

The act of resting or the state of being at rest.

An unstable, poisonous allotrope of oxygen.


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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.