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This Week's Word In The News 

ADVERSE

DEFINITION:
Having a negative or harmful effect on something.

FOUND IN THE NEWS:
There was no evidence of “any adverse or harmful chemical or other exposures,” he wrote.
The Boston Herald, 06/15/2026

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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. Delegate

Harmful, malevolent, injurious. Harmfully cancerous.

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

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

The drawing of a conclusion by reasoning; the act of deducing.


2. Divulge

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

To move in waves or with a smooth, wavelike motion.

To proclaim publicly

To grow well or luxuriantly; thrive


3. Nebula

The main character in a drama or other literary work.

A person with masterly skill or technique in the arts.

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

A diffuse mass of interstellar dust or gas or both, visible as luminous patches or areas of darkness


4. Decorum

A form of a verb that in some languages, such as English, can function independently as an adjective.

Similarity in some respects between things that are otherwise dissimilar.

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

Appropriateness of behavior or conduct


5. Inference

The act of reasoning from factual knowledge or evidence.

One thing conceived as representing another; a symbol.

A state of uncertainty or perplexity.

The right or privilege of voting; franchise.


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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.