Words in the News

This Week's Word In The News 

RESPONSE

DEFINITION:
An answer to a question or a reaction to something.

FOUND IN THE NEWS:
“And the response right away was ‘Sure!’”
The Reading Eagle, 09/07/2026

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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. Inference

The act of reasoning from factual knowledge or evidence.

One who rejects a religion, cause, allegiance, or group for another; a deserter.

A grotesque ornamental figure or projection.

An unstable, poisonous allotrope of oxygen.


2. Mosaic

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

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

To honor the memory of with a ceremony

To abstain from or act together in abstaining from using, buying, or dealing with as an expression of protest or disfavor or as a means of coercion


3. Sacrifice

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

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

Of, relating to, or occurring in the night

To take in by elaborate methods of deceit


4. Suffrage

A very large and destructive wave, generally caused by a tremendous disturbance in the ocean, such as an undersea earthquake or volcanic eruption.

The right or privilege of voting; franchise.

Conversation between characters in a drama or narrative

A movement or procedure involving skill and dexterity.


5. Bizarre

Not subject to an obligation imposed on others; exempt.

Strikingly unconventional and far-fetched in style or appearance; odd

The main character in a drama or other literary work.

Grossly offensive to decency or morality.


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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.