Words in the News

This Week's Word In The News 

RENDERING

DEFINITION:
Giving something to someone.

FOUND IN THE NEWS:
The replay booth has been working overtime in the Stanley Cup Final, and the officials charged with rendering the final verdicts probably won’t be getting any comped dinners in Las Vegas anytime soon.
The Las Vegas Review-Journal, 06/08/2026

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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. Tundra

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

Having a backbone or spinal column.

To condescend to give or grant

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


2. Virtuoso

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

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

A person with masterly skill or technique in the arts.

One that speaks for, represents, or advocates


3. Vaccine

A preparation of a weakened or killed pathogen.

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

A characteristic rate or rhythm of activity; a pace

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


4. Sacrifice

A closed plane figure bounded by three or more line segments.

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

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

An elevated, comparatively level expanse of land; a tableland.


5. Unanimous

To rejoice greatly; be jubilant or triumphant

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

Loud, noisy, and lacking in restraint or discipline

One who habitually takes advantage of the generosity of others without making any useful return.


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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.