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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 

VERTEBRAE

DEFINITION:
Each of the series of small bones forming the backbone.

FOUND IN THE NEWS:
The photographer with The Washington Post who was attacked by Jewish settlers in the occupied West Bank so badly that several vertebrae were broken said Sunday she was increasingly angry that Israel’s military seems to protect settlers more than the Palestinians they threaten.
►Associated Press, 10/19/2026

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

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

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

► Loud, noisy, and lacking in restraint or discipline

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


2. Rainforest

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

► A rebirth or revival.

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

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


3. Lichen

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

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

► Of or relating to the range of invisible radiation wavelengths from about 4 nanometers, on the border of the x-ray region, to about 380 nanometers, just beyond the violet in the visible spectrum.

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


4. Hieroglyphic

► A grotesque ornamental figure or projection.

► The right or privilege of voting; franchise.

► Any of several rod-shaped bacteria, of the genus Salmonella, that cause food poisoning and other diseases.

► 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.


5. Voracious

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

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

► Sharing the same opinions or views; being in complete harmony or accord.

► One who rejects a religion, cause, allegiance, or group for another; a deserter.


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