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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. Renegade

To grow well or luxuriantly; thrive

A characteristic rate or rhythm of activity; a pace

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

The science and art of using all the forces of a nation to execute approved plans as effectively as possible during peace or war.


2. Polygon

To abstain from or act together in abstaining from using, buying, or dealing with as an expression of protest or disfavor or as a means of coercion

A preparation of a weakened or killed pathogen.

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

A closed plane figure bounded by three or more line segments.


3. Delegate

One that speaks for, represents, or advocates

A teacher and guide in spiritual and philosophical matters.

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

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


4. Lichen

A metric unit of length equal to 1,000 meters (0.62 mile).

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

A fungus, usually of the class Ascomycetes, that grows symbiotically with algae,

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


5. Suffrage

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

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

The right or privilege of voting; franchise.

A movement or procedure involving skill and dexterity.


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