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. Flourish

► Having a buoyant or self-confident air; brisk.

► To grow well or luxuriantly; thrive

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

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

2. Random

► Having no specific pattern, purpose, or objective.

► A disorderly commotion or disturbance.

► An unstable, poisonous allotrope of oxygen.

► One that takes in everything available, as with the mind.

3. Guerrilla

► One that takes in everything available, as with the mind.

► Not subject to an obligation imposed on others; exempt.

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

► Marked by hearty conviviality and good cheer.

4. Gargoyle

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

► The science and art of using all the forces of a nation to execute approved plans as effectively as possible during peace or war.

► A grotesque ornamental figure or projection.

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

5. Alliteration

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

► To swing indecisively from one course of action or opinion to another.

► The repetition of the same sounds or of the same kinds of sounds at the beginning of words or in stressed syllables

► The act of reasoning from factual knowledge or evidence.

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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.