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. Hologram

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

Loud, noisy, and lacking in restraint or discipline

To rejoice greatly; be jubilant or triumphant

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


2. Omnivore

A schedule of prices or fees.

One that takes in everything available, as with the mind.

To grow well or luxuriantly; thrive

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


3. Cower

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

To have a great ambition or ultimate goal

The right or privilege of voting; franchise.

To cringe in fear


4. Parasite

One who habitually takes advantage of the generosity of others without making any useful return.

One who rejects a religion, cause, allegiance, or group for another; a deserter.

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

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


5. Voracious

The arrangement of events in time

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

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

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


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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.