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This Week's Word In The News 

PREDOMINANT

DEFINITION:
Being the most noticeable or largest in number, or having the most power or influence.

FOUND IN THE NEWS:
Two predominant drivers of the economy — inflation (including from the war in Iran) and the potentially revolutionary artificial intelligence wave — highlight post-pandemic dualities and disparities.
The Key West Citizen, 05/25/2026

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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. Pulverize

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

To honor the memory of with a ceremony

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.

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


2. Lichen

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

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

A member of an irregular, usually indigenous military or paramilitary unit operating in small bands in occupied territory to harass and undermine the enemy

One that takes in everything available, as with the mind.


3. Fallacy

A member of an irregular, usually indigenous military or paramilitary unit operating in small bands in occupied territory to harass and undermine the enemy

One that takes in everything available, as with the mind.

One that is inconvenient, annoying, or vexatious; a bother.

Incorrectness of reasoning or belief


4. Tundra

A relationship of mutual benefit or dependence.

A treeless area between the icecap and the tree line of Arctic regions, having a permanently frozen subsoil and supporting low-growing vegetation

Grossly offensive to decency or morality.

A picture or decorative design made by setting small colored pieces, as of stone or tile, into a surface.


5. Solstice

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

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

To condescend to give or grant

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


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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.