Words in the News

This Week's Word In The News 

INCARCERATED

DEFINITION:
Confined in a jail or prison.

FOUND IN THE NEWS:
The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation is restricting access to rehabilitative programming for incarcerated people as it clamps down on overtime spending before the end of its financial year.
The Los Angeles Times, 06/29/2026

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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. Metaphor

One thing conceived as representing another; a symbol.

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

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

Incorrectness of reasoning or belief


2. Rainforest

A dense evergreen forest occupying a tropical region with an annual rainfall of at least 100 inches.

A person with masterly skill or technique in the arts.

Inspiring awe, admiration, or wonder

A disorderly commotion or disturbance.


3. Impertinent

Inspiring awe, admiration, or wonder

A disorderly commotion or disturbance.

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

Exceeding the limits of propriety or good manners; improperly forward or bold


4. Deign

The quality or state of being tranquil; serenity.

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

To condescend to give or grant

A state of uncertainty or perplexity.


5. Undulate

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

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

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

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


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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.