Words in the News

This Week's Word In The News 

ENTICING

DEFINITION:
Arousing strong attraction or interest.

FOUND IN THE NEWS:
Meta makes enticing claims for Muse’s capabilities.
►The Los Angeles Times, 10/05/2026

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5 Middle School Words

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1. Solstice

► Of or relating to the range of invisible radiation wavelengths from about 4 nanometers, on the border of the x-ray region, to about 380 nanometers, just beyond the violet in the visible spectrum.

► A Y-shaped protein on the surface of B cells that is secreted into the blood or lymph in response to an antigenic stimulus

► Either of two times of the year when the sun is at its greatest distance from the celestial equator.

► An unstable, poisonous allotrope of oxygen.


2. Quarantine

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

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

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

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


3. Toxin

► A poisonous substance, especially a protein, that is produced by living cells or organisms.

► To rejoice greatly; be jubilant or triumphant

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

► A relationship of mutual benefit or dependence.


4. Vertebrate

► A relationship of mutual benefit or dependence.

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

► Having a backbone or spinal column.

► Loud, noisy, and lacking in restraint or discipline


5. Polygon

► The systematic procedure by which a complex or scientific task is accomplished.

► The locus of points for which the sum of the distances from each point to two fixed points is equal

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

► Selecting or employing individual elements from a variety of sources, systems, or styles


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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.