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Words in the News

This Week's Word In The News 

ROOSTER TAIL

DEFINITION:
A high-arching spray (as of water, dust, or snow) thrown up behind a fast-moving motorboat, motor vehicle, or skier.

FOUND IN THE NEWS:
A second red flag was waved during the fifth race of the day when Rollin Transport got into a rooster tail on the turn of the first lap, resulting in the boat going onto its side before flipping.
►The Key West Citizen, 11/10/2025

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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. Boisterous

► One thing conceived as representing another; a symbol.

► Loud, noisy, and lacking in restraint or discipline

► To rejoice greatly; be jubilant or triumphant

► An embankment built to prevent flooding

2. Mosaic

► The supporting and water-conducting tissue of vascular plants, consisting primarily of tracheids and vessels; woody tissue.

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

► A person with masterly skill or technique in the arts.

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

3. Introspection

► The quality or state of being tranquil; serenity.

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

► Self-examination.

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

4. Spectrum

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

► Having a buoyant or self-confident air; brisk.

► The distribution of energy emitted by a radiant source, arranged in order of wavelengths.

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

5. Technique

► An ammunition belt, worn over the shoulder, having loops or pockets for cartridges.

► Similarity in some respects between things that are otherwise dissimilar.

► Any of various relatively small sailing or motor-driven vessels used for pleasure cruises or racing.

► 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.

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