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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.
This Week's Word In The News 

FOOTHOLD

DEFINITION:
A position usable as a base for further advance.

FOUND IN THE NEWS:
Growing national anxiety over the impact of massive data centers on communities has found a foothold in Greater Boston in the form of Markley’s Lowell location.
The Boston Herald, 08/10/2026

Words in the News Quiz
5 Middle School Words

Click on the correct answer in the quiz below.
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. Tumult

A disorderly commotion or disturbance.

A movement or procedure involving skill and dexterity.

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

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


2. Tempo

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

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

A characteristic rate or rhythm of activity; a pace

The right or privilege of voting; franchise.


3. Recede

Conversation between characters in a drama or narrative

One that is inconvenient, annoying, or vexatious; a bother.

Forfeiture of something highly valued for the sake of one considered to have a greater value or claim.

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


4. Quarantine

The quality or state of being tranquil; serenity.

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

Enforced isolation or restriction of free movement imposed to prevent the spread of contagious disease.

Not subject to an obligation imposed on others; exempt.


5. Spectrum

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

Inspiring awe, admiration, or wonder

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

A proportional part or share.


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