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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 

DENIALISM

DEFINITION:
Bianco’s investigation, which includes all the ballots cast in Riverside County in November, raises questions about how he would handle the election denialism movement if he is elected governor.

FOUND IN THE NEWS:
The practice of denying the existence, truth, or validity of something despite proof or strong evidence that it is real, true, or valid.
The Los Angeles Times, 03/23/2026

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. Heritage

In a deplorable state of distress or misfortune; miserable.

To condescend to give or grant

The method or result of concealing personnel or equipment from an enemy by making them appear to be part of the natural surroundings

Something that is passed down from preceding generations; a tradition.


2. Gargoyle

To proclaim publicly

To stress or emphasize; intensify

The distribution of energy emitted by a radiant source, arranged in order of wavelengths.

A grotesque ornamental figure or projection.


3. Tsunami

The main character in a drama or other literary work.

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

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

A very large and destructive wave, generally caused by a tremendous disturbance in the ocean, such as an undersea earthquake or volcanic eruption.


4. Tumult

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

A proportional part or share.

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

A disorderly commotion or disturbance.


5. Dialogue

Marked by hearty conviviality and good cheer.

To rejoice greatly; be jubilant or triumphant

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

Conversation between characters in a drama or narrative


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