Words in the News

This Week's Word In The News 

BILLIONAIRE

DEFINITION:
One whose wealth is estimated at a billion or more dollars, pounds, or other monetary units.

FOUND IN THE NEWS:
About a dozen people took part in the “March for billionaires” on Saturday morning in San Francisco to raise awareness about the plight of the ultrarich.
►The Los Angeles Times, 02/09/2026

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5 Middle School Words

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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. Renegade

► One thing conceived as representing another; a symbol.

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

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

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

2. Plateau

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

► To cringe in fear

► An elevated, comparatively level expanse of land; a tableland.

► Similarity in some respects between things that are otherwise dissimilar.

3. Maneuver

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

► A movement or procedure involving skill and dexterity.

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

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

4. Phloem

► A prohibition by a government on certain or all trade with a foreign nation

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

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

► To move in waves or with a smooth, wavelike motion.

5. Hieroglyphic

► A disorderly commotion or disturbance.

► A schedule of prices or fees.

► 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.

► A rebirth or revival.

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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.