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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. Sacrifice

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

A dense evergreen forest occupying a tropical region with an annual rainfall of at least 100 inches.

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

Strikingly unconventional and far-fetched in style or appearance; odd


2. Tariff

Strikingly unconventional and far-fetched in style or appearance; odd

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

A schedule of prices or fees.

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


3. Technique

To take in by elaborate methods of deceit

The systematic procedure by which a complex or scientific task is accomplished.

A disorderly commotion or disturbance.

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


4. Stereotype

Conversation between characters in a drama or narrative

Inspiring awe, admiration, or wonder

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

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


5. Jovial

Appropriateness of behavior or conduct

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

Marked by hearty conviviality and good cheer.

The right or privilege of voting; franchise.


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