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This Week's Word In The News 

RENDERING

DEFINITION:
Giving something to someone.

FOUND IN THE NEWS:
The replay booth has been working overtime in the Stanley Cup Final, and the officials charged with rendering the final verdicts probably won’t be getting any comped dinners in Las Vegas anytime soon.
The Las Vegas Review-Journal, 06/08/2026

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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. Chronology

The arrangement of events in time

To cringe in fear

Consuming or eager to consume great amounts of food; ravenous.

Enforced isolation or restriction of free movement imposed to prevent the spread of contagious disease.


2. Delegate

Enforced isolation or restriction of free movement imposed to prevent the spread of contagious disease.

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

A person authorized to act as representative for another; a deputy.

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


3. Tumult

A disorderly commotion or disturbance.

Harmful, malevolent, injurious. Harmfully cancerous.

The right or privilege of voting; franchise.

Having no specific pattern, purpose, or objective.


4. Impertinent

Having no specific pattern, purpose, or objective.

A preparation of a weakened or killed pathogen.

Exceeding the limits of propriety or good manners; improperly forward or bold

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


5. Tempo

A characteristic rate or rhythm of activity; a pace

Grossly offensive to decency or morality.

Incorrectness of reasoning or belief

The quality or state of being tranquil; serenity.


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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.