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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. Quarantine

To proclaim publicly

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

Having or demonstrating enthusiasm

Not subject to an obligation imposed on others; exempt.


2. Ultraviolet

Not subject to an obligation imposed on others; exempt.

The supporting and water-conducting tissue of vascular plants, consisting primarily of tracheids and vessels; woody tissue.

A member of an irregular, usually indigenous military or paramilitary unit operating in small bands in occupied territory to harass and undermine the enemy

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.


3. Sect

To stress or emphasize; intensify

A relationship of mutual benefit or dependence.

A cult or religious movement, a group sharing particular (often unorthodox) political and/or religious beliefs.

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


4. Heritage

An unstable, poisonous allotrope of oxygen.

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

One that speaks for, represents, or advocates

A disorderly commotion or disturbance.


5. Sacrifice

A person with masterly skill or technique in the arts.

To grow well or luxuriantly; thrive

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

A preparation of a weakened or killed pathogen.


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