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. Ultraviolet

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

Consuming or eager to consume great amounts of food; ravenous.

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

Of or relating to the range of invisible radiation wavelengths from about 4 nanometers, on the border of the x-ray region, to about 380 nanometers, just beyond the violet in the visible spectrum.


2. Divulge

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

A drawing consisting of the outline of something, especially a human profile, filled in with a solid color.

Appropriateness of behavior or conduct

To proclaim publicly


3. Lichen

Having a buoyant or self-confident air; brisk.

A disorderly commotion or disturbance.

To rejoice greatly; be jubilant or triumphant

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


4. Hologram

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

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

The pattern produced on a photosensitive medium that has been exposed by holography and then photographically developed.

A person with masterly skill or technique in the arts.


5. Labyrinth

The arrangement of events in time

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

An intricate structure of interconnecting passages through which it is difficult to find one’s way; a maze.

The systematic procedure by which a complex or scientific task is accomplished.


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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.