Words in the News

This Week's Word In The News 

MISMANAGE

DEFINITION:
To organize or control something badly; to manage incompetently or dishonestly.

FOUND IN THE NEWS:
Grants had been mismanaged, he stated, and he questioned payments made to CEO Tim Bedwell’s wife, Michele, and her business partner, Adam Kent.
The Las Vegas Review-Journal, 11/24/2025

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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. Ellipse

A rebirth or revival.

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.

The quality or state of being tranquil; serenity.

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


2. Marsupial

A treeless area between the icecap and the tree line of Arctic regions, having a permanently frozen subsoil and supporting low-growing vegetation

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

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

A movement or procedure involving skill and dexterity.


3. Delegate

In a deplorable state of distress or misfortune; miserable.

A person authorized to act as representative for another; a deputy.

Having or demonstrating enthusiasm

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


4. Immune

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

Marked by hearty conviviality and good cheer.

Having a backbone or spinal column.

Not subject to an obligation imposed on others; exempt.


5. Metaphor

To take in by elaborate methods of deceit

One thing conceived as representing another; a symbol.

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

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


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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.