Words in the News

This Week's Word In The News 

HEIST

DEFINITION:
A robbery or burglary, especially from an institution such as a bank or museum.

FOUND IN THE NEWS:
Five suspects accused in connection with the heist were taken into custody late Wednesday, bringing the total arrest count to seven.
The Las Vegas Review-Journal, 11/03/2025

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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. Impertinent

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

Similarity in some respects between things that are otherwise dissimilar.

A grotesque ornamental figure or projection.

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


2. Fallacy

A grotesque ornamental figure or projection.

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

To stress or emphasize; intensify

Incorrectness of reasoning or belief


3. Deduction

Inspiring awe, admiration, or wonder

Harmful, malevolent, injurious. Harmfully cancerous.

To proclaim publicly

The drawing of a conclusion by reasoning; the act of deducing.


4. Quarantine

Enforced isolation or restriction of free movement imposed to prevent the spread of contagious disease.

The practice of professing beliefs, feelings, or virtues that one does not hold or possess; falseness.

Grossly offensive to decency or morality.

Marked by hearty conviviality and good cheer.


5. Hieroglyphic

Marked by hearty conviviality and good cheer.

One that speaks for, represents, or advocates

Relating to a system of writing, such as that of ancient Egypt, in which pictorial symbols are used to represent meaning or sounds or a combination of meaning and sound.

To condescend to give or grant


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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.