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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 

IMPROBABLE

DEFINITION:
Unlikely to take place under the circumstances or in the usual course of events.

FOUND IN THE NEWS:
That’s where Democratic candidates are trying to accomplish the improbable by flipping a pair of Trump-friendly congressional seats and carving into Republicans’ narrow 218 to 213 majority in the U.S. House of Representatives.
The Key West Citizen-Herald, 03/31/2025

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. Nebula

Incorrectness of reasoning or belief

Being without or almost without hope

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

A diffuse mass of interstellar dust or gas or both, visible as luminous patches or areas of darkness


2. Sect

A cult or religious movement, a group sharing particular (often unorthodox) political and/or religious beliefs.

Marked by hearty conviviality and good cheer.

A proportional part or share.

One that speaks for, represents, or advocates


3. Repose

In a deplorable state of distress or misfortune; miserable.

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

One who habitually takes advantage of the generosity of others without making any useful return.

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


4. Formidable

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

A characteristic rate or rhythm of activity; a pace

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

Inspiring awe, admiration, or wonder


5. Immune

To move back or away from a limit, point, or mark

Similarity in some respects between things that are otherwise dissimilar.

Not subject to an obligation imposed on others; exempt.

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.


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