Words in the News

This Week's Word In The News 

PARLIAMENTARIAN

DEFINITION:
A consultant who advises the presiding officer and other officers, committees, and members on matters of parliamentary procedure.

FOUND IN THE NEWS:
Mia Cooper, a parliamentarian for the district, brought her daughter to district meetings and state-level education forums as the girl grew up.
►The Los Angeles Times, 03/09/2026

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5 Middle School Words

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1. Strategy

► The pattern produced on a photosensitive medium that has been exposed by holography and then photographically developed.

► 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 weather phenomenon in the Eastern Pacific that is precisely equivalent to a hurricane.

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

2. Ultraviolet

► 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.

► To proclaim publicly

► To honor the memory of with a ceremony

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

3. Hieroglyphic

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

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

► 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.

► Harmful, malevolent, injurious. Harmfully cancerous.

4. Heritage

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

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

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

► Being without or almost without hope

5. Recede

► Selecting or employing individual elements from a variety of sources, systems, or styles

► To take in by elaborate methods of deceit

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

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

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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.