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

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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. Nuisance

One that is inconvenient, annoying, or vexatious; a bother.

In a deplorable state of distress or misfortune; miserable.

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

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


2. Delegate

A disorderly commotion or disturbance.

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

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

Self-examination.


3. Deign

Self-examination.

The repetition of the same sounds or of the same kinds of sounds at the beginning of words or in stressed syllables

To take in by elaborate methods of deceit

To condescend to give or grant


4. Parasite

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

A form of a verb that in some languages, such as English, can function independently as an adjective.

A drawing consisting of the outline of something, especially a human profile, filled in with a solid color.

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


5. Sect

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

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

An embankment built to prevent flooding

Grossly offensive to decency or morality.


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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.