Words in the News

This Week's Word In The News 

BILLIONAIRE

DEFINITION:
One whose wealth is estimated at a billion or more dollars, pounds, or other monetary units.

FOUND IN THE NEWS:
About a dozen people took part in the “March for billionaires” on Saturday morning in San Francisco to raise awareness about the plight of the ultrarich.
The Los Angeles Times, 02/09/2026

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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. Boisterous

A characteristic rate or rhythm of activity; a pace

Loud, noisy, and lacking in restraint or discipline

To rejoice greatly; be jubilant or triumphant

A rebirth or revival.


2. Eclectic

Being without or almost without hope

The science and art of using all the forces of a nation to execute approved plans as effectively as possible during peace or war.

Selecting or employing individual elements from a variety of sources, systems, or styles

The food-conducting tissue of vascular plants, consisting of sieve tubes, fibers, parenchyma, and sclereids.


3. Salmonella

The right or privilege of voting; franchise.

To honor the memory of with a ceremony

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

Similarity in some respects between things that are otherwise dissimilar.


4. Typhoon

Using or marked by the use of few words; terse or concise.

Exceeding the limits of propriety or good manners; improperly forward or bold

To proclaim publicly

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


5. Gargoyle

Incorrectness of reasoning or belief

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

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

A grotesque ornamental figure or projection.


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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.