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Words in the News

This Week's Word In The News 

ACQUAINTANCE

DEFINITION:
A person one knows slightly, but who is not a close friend.

FOUND IN THE NEWS:
When photographer Peter Turnley was just 20 years old, an acquaintance from the California Office of Economic Opportunity reached out to him with a question.
►The Los Angeles Times, 12/01/2025

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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. Vaccine

► To rejoice greatly; be jubilant or triumphant

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

► A preparation of a weakened or killed pathogen.

► Being without or almost without hope

2. Repose

► A grotesque ornamental figure or projection.

► In a deplorable state of distress or misfortune; miserable.

► The right or privilege of voting; franchise.

► The act of resting or the state of being at rest.

3. Hologram

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

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

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

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

4. Random

► The quality or state of being tranquil; serenity.

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

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

► Having no specific pattern, purpose, or objective.

5. Inference

► Loud, noisy, and lacking in restraint or discipline

► An embankment built to prevent flooding

► A state of uncertainty or perplexity.

► The act of reasoning from factual knowledge or evidence.

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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.

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