Words in the News

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

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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. Divulge

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

An alteration or change, as in nature, form, or quality.

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

To proclaim publicly


2. Alliteration

The repetition of the same sounds or of the same kinds of sounds at the beginning of words or in stressed syllables

A teacher and guide in spiritual and philosophical matters.

A rebirth or revival.

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


3. Chronology

A rebirth or revival.

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

Forfeiture of something highly valued for the sake of one considered to have a greater value or claim.

The arrangement of events in time


4. Rainforest

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

To have a great ambition or ultimate goal

A dense evergreen forest occupying a tropical region with an annual rainfall of at least 100 inches.

A conventional, formulaic, and oversimplified conception, opinion, or image.


5. Bamboozle

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

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

To take in by elaborate methods of deceit

Any of various nonplacental mammals, including kangaroos, opossums, bandicoots, and wombats, found principally in Australia and the Americas.


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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.