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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 

INFLUENCER

DEFINITION:
Someone who uses their online reputation to prompt people to buy things.

FOUND IN THE NEWS:
“We have a lot of influencers who’ve come in and a lot of community members who have seen us through social media and come in and sell,” said Jessica Lucero, owner of In The Middle.
The Albuquerque Journal, 08/17/2026

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. Tranquility

To cringe in fear

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

A movement or procedure involving skill and dexterity.

The quality or state of being tranquil; serenity.


2. Protagonist

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

To take in by elaborate methods of deceit

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

The main character in a drama or other literary work.


3. Suffrage

A grotesque ornamental figure or projection.

Using or marked by the use of few words; terse or concise.

The right or privilege of voting; franchise.

A state of uncertainty or perplexity.


4. Eclectic

Appropriateness of behavior or conduct

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

The locus of points for which the sum of the distances from each point to two fixed points is equal

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


5. Unanimous

Sharing the same opinions or views; being in complete harmony or accord.

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

A proportional part or share.

A disorderly commotion or disturbance.


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