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This Week's Word In The News 

PLOY

DEFINITION:
A cunning plan or action designed to turn a situation to one's own advantage.

FOUND IN THE NEWS:
“First of all, I think it’s important to recognize that the majority of the American people find this behavior deeply troubling,” said the 44th president, conceding that it does serve as an effective distraction and ploy for attention.
The Boston Herald, 02/16/2026

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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. Suffrage

Appropriateness of behavior or conduct

Grossly offensive to decency or morality.

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

The right or privilege of voting; franchise.


2. Zoology

One that speaks for, represents, or advocates

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.

The pattern produced on a photosensitive medium that has been exposed by holography and then photographically developed.


3. Strategy

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

One who habitually takes advantage of the generosity of others without making any useful return.

The quality or state of being tranquil; serenity.

A state of uncertainty or perplexity.


4. Stereotype

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

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

The practice of professing beliefs, feelings, or virtues that one does not hold or possess; falseness.

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


5. Kilometer

The repetition of the same sounds or of the same kinds of sounds at the beginning of words or in stressed syllables

An intricate structure of interconnecting passages through which it is difficult to find one’s way; a maze.

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

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


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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.