Words in the News

This Week's Word In The News 

HEIST

DEFINITION:
A robbery or burglary, especially from an institution such as a bank or museum.

FOUND IN THE NEWS:
Five suspects accused in connection with the heist were taken into custody late Wednesday, bringing the total arrest count to seven.
The Las Vegas Review-Journal, 11/03/2025

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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. Quandary

A state of uncertainty or perplexity.

Having or demonstrating enthusiasm

Something that is passed down from preceding generations; a tradition.

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


2. Recede

Something that is passed down from preceding generations; a tradition.

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

To rejoice greatly; be jubilant or triumphant

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


3. Lichen

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

A disorderly commotion or disturbance.

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


4. Mosaic

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

A picture or decorative design made by setting small colored pieces, as of stone or tile, into a surface.

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

Having no specific pattern, purpose, or objective.


5. Repose

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

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

The right or privilege of voting; franchise.

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


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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.