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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 

DEPLETE

DEFINITION:
To use up or consume a limited resource.

FOUND IN THE NEWS:
Councilor Brian Worrell is sounding off after a Suffolk Superior Court judge ruled that if the footage became public before trial, it would deplete the jury pool in the manslaughter case against Boston police officer Nick O’Malley.
The Boston Herald, 07/27/2026

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. Protagonist

The main character in a drama or other literary work.

Either of two times of the year when the sun is at its greatest distance from the celestial equator.

A grotesque ornamental figure or projection.

To stress or emphasize; intensify


2. Aspire

A grotesque ornamental figure or projection.

To stress or emphasize; intensify

Of, relating to, or occurring in the night

To have a great ambition or ultimate goal


3. Ellipse

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

Incorrectness of reasoning or belief

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

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


4. Hieroglyphic

A drawing consisting of the outline of something, especially a human profile, filled in with a solid color.

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.

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

Relating to a system of writing, such as that of ancient Egypt, in which pictorial symbols are used to represent meaning or sounds or a combination of meaning and sound.


5. Tranquility

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

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

The quality or state of being tranquil; serenity.

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


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