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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 

FOOTHOLD

DEFINITION:
A position usable as a base for further advance.

FOUND IN THE NEWS:
Growing national anxiety over the impact of massive data centers on communities has found a foothold in Greater Boston in the form of Markley’s Lowell location.
The Boston Herald, 08/10/2026

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. Bamboozle

A state of uncertainty or perplexity.

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

To take in by elaborate methods of deceit

Conversation between characters in a drama or narrative


2. Protagonist

The main character in a drama or other literary work.

One thing conceived as representing another; a symbol.

A rebirth or revival.

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


3. Repose

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

The arrangement of events in time

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

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


4. 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.

Forfeiture of something highly valued for the sake of one considered to have a greater value or claim.

The food-conducting tissue of vascular plants, consisting of sieve tubes, fibers, parenchyma, and sclereids.

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


5. Heritage

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

The right or privilege of voting; franchise.

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

Any of various relatively small sailing or motor-driven vessels used for pleasure cruises or racing.


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