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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. Phloem

The food-conducting tissue of vascular plants, consisting of sieve tubes, fibers, parenchyma, and sclereids.

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

A conventional, formulaic, and oversimplified conception, opinion, or image.

An elevated, comparatively level expanse of land; a tableland.


2. Divulge

An elevated, comparatively level expanse of land; a tableland.

Having a buoyant or self-confident air; brisk.

To proclaim publicly

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


3. Repose

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

A state of uncertainty or perplexity.

In a deplorable state of distress or misfortune; miserable.

Marked by hearty conviviality and good cheer.


4. Pulverize

In a deplorable state of distress or misfortune; miserable.

Marked by hearty conviviality and good cheer.

Having a backbone or spinal column.

To pound, crush, or grind to a powder or dust.


5. Salmonella

Any of several rod-shaped bacteria, of the genus Salmonella, that cause food poisoning and other diseases.

A very large and destructive wave, generally caused by a tremendous disturbance in the ocean, such as an undersea earthquake or volcanic eruption.

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

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


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