Words in the News

This Week's Word In The News 

INBOUND

DEFINITION:
Travelling towards a particular point or place rather than leaving it.

FOUND IN THE NEWS:
The runway was closed and inbound and outbound traffic was delayed for a few hours.
The Key West Citizen, 06/22/2026

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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. Bamboozle

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

To take in by elaborate methods of deceit

Harmful, malevolent, injurious. Harmfully cancerous.

To rejoice greatly; be jubilant or triumphant


2. Inference

To rejoice greatly; be jubilant or triumphant

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

Using or marked by the use of few words; terse or concise.

The act of reasoning from factual knowledge or evidence.


3. Jovial

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

A person with masterly skill or technique in the arts.

Not subject to an obligation imposed on others; exempt.

Marked by hearty conviviality and good cheer.


4. Tundra

Conversation between characters in a drama or narrative

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

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

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


5. Guerrilla

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

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

The pattern produced on a photosensitive medium that has been exposed by holography and then photographically developed.

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


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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.