Words in the News

This Week's Word In The News 

PARLIAMENTARIAN

DEFINITION:
A consultant who advises the presiding officer and other officers, committees, and members on matters of parliamentary procedure.

FOUND IN THE NEWS:
Mia Cooper, a parliamentarian for the district, brought her daughter to district meetings and state-level education forums as the girl grew up.
The Los Angeles Times, 03/09/2026

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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. Mutation

A prohibition by a government on certain or all trade with a foreign nation

An alteration or change, as in nature, form, or quality.

A characteristic rate or rhythm of activity; a pace

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


2. Light-Year

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

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

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

The distance that light travels in a vacuum in one year.


3. Hieroglyphic

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.

The science and art of using all the forces of a nation to execute approved plans as effectively as possible during peace or war.

To proclaim publicly

To honor the memory of with a ceremony


4. Recede

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

To move back or away from a limit, point, or mark

Incorrectness of reasoning or belief

An intricate structure of interconnecting passages through which it is difficult to find one’s way; a maze.


5. Nuisance

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

Loud, noisy, and lacking in restraint or discipline

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

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


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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.