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

Click on the correct answer in the quiz below.
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. Nebula

A movement or procedure involving skill and dexterity.

A characteristic rate or rhythm of activity; a pace

Having or demonstrating enthusiasm

A diffuse mass of interstellar dust or gas or both, visible as luminous patches or areas of darkness


2. Typhoon

A preparation of a weakened or killed pathogen.

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

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

To stress or emphasize; intensify


3. Outrageous

One that speaks for, represents, or advocates

An unstable, poisonous allotrope of oxygen.

Grossly offensive to decency or morality.

Self-examination.


4. Tumult

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

A disorderly commotion or disturbance.

A fungus, usually of the class Ascomycetes, that grows symbiotically with algae,

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


5. Zoology

Similarity in some respects between things that are otherwise dissimilar.

The branch of biology that deals with animals and animal life, including the study of the structure, physiology, development, and classification of animals.

Having a buoyant or self-confident air; brisk.

Loud, noisy, and lacking in restraint or discipline


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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.