Words in the News

This Week's Word In The News 

DEPLETE

DEFINITION:
To use up or consume a limited resource.

FOUND IN THE NEWS:
Councilor Brian Worrell is sounding off after a Suffolk Superior Court judge ruled that if the footage became public before trial, it would deplete the jury pool in the manslaughter case against Boston police officer Nick O’Malley.
The Boston Herald, 07/27/2026

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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. Zoology

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.

Incorrectness of reasoning or belief

To cringe in fear

The branch of biology that deals with animals and animal life, including the study of the structure, physiology, development, and classification of animals.


2. Guerrilla

To take in by elaborate methods of deceit

Strikingly unconventional and far-fetched in style or appearance; odd

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

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


3. Levee

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.

Consuming or eager to consume great amounts of food; ravenous.

An embankment built to prevent flooding

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


4. Alliteration

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

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

To swing indecisively from one course of action or opinion to another.

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


5. Commemorate

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

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

To honor the memory of with a ceremony

Marked by hearty conviviality and good cheer.


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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.