Words in the News

This Week's Word In The News 

SUREFIRE

DEFINITION:
Certain or likely, especially to succeed.

FOUND IN THE NEWS:
Kirby taught himself how to count cards, a surefire way to get barred from gambling at a casino, “raking in money on trips to Atlantic City and Las Vegas,” the article stated.
The Las Vegas Review-Journal, 05/04/2026

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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. Fallacy

Incorrectness of reasoning or belief

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

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

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


2. Delegate

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

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

In a deplorable state of distress or misfortune; miserable.

The quality or state of being tranquil; serenity.


3. Solstice

A rebirth or revival.

Either of two times of the year when the sun is at its greatest distance from the celestial equator.

Any of various nonplacental mammals, including kangaroos, opossums, bandicoots, and wombats, found principally in Australia and the Americas.

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


4. Camouflage

The method or result of concealing personnel or equipment from an enemy by making them appear to be part of the natural surroundings

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

A metric unit of length equal to 1,000 meters (0.62 mile).

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


5. Ultraviolet

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

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

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.

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.