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. Yacht

To abstain from or act together in abstaining from using, buying, or dealing with as an expression of protest or disfavor or as a means of coercion

Having a buoyant or self-confident air; brisk.

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

A disorderly commotion or disturbance.


2. Analogy

Any of several rod-shaped bacteria, of the genus Salmonella, that cause food poisoning and other diseases.

The supporting and water-conducting tissue of vascular plants, consisting primarily of tracheids and vessels; woody tissue.

A schedule of prices or fees.

Similarity in some respects between things that are otherwise dissimilar.


3. Nebula

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

To grow well or luxuriantly; thrive

One that takes in everything available, as with the mind.

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


4. Toxin

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

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

To move in waves or with a smooth, wavelike motion.

A grotesque ornamental figure or projection.


5. Phloem

A grotesque ornamental figure or projection.

To have a great ambition or ultimate goal

A movement or procedure involving skill and dexterity.

The food-conducting tissue of vascular plants, consisting of sieve tubes, fibers, parenchyma, and sclereids.


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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.