Words in the News

This Week's Word In The News 

SIMLUATED

DEFINITION:
Made to look like or have the features of something else.

FOUND IN THE NEWS:
Here’s the full simluated injury report:
►The Boston Herald, 02/02/2026

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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. Tundra

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

► A preparation of a weakened or killed pathogen.

► To have a great ambition or ultimate goal

► A Y-shaped protein on the surface of B cells that is secreted into the blood or lymph in response to an antigenic stimulus

2. Despondent

► A Y-shaped protein on the surface of B cells that is secreted into the blood or lymph in response to an antigenic stimulus

► A drawing consisting of the outline of something, especially a human profile, filled in with a solid color.

► Being without or almost without hope

► To take in by elaborate methods of deceit

3. Kilometer

► The locus of points for which the sum of the distances from each point to two fixed points is equal

► The supporting and water-conducting tissue of vascular plants, consisting primarily of tracheids and vessels; woody tissue.

► A metric unit of length equal to 1,000 meters (0.62 mile).

► To rejoice greatly; be jubilant or triumphant

4. Outrageous

► To abstain from or act together in abstaining from using, buying, or dealing with as an expression of protest or disfavor or as a means of coercion

► Grossly offensive to decency or morality.

► An embankment built to prevent flooding

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

5. Bandolier

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

► A grotesque ornamental figure or projection.

► An ammunition belt, worn over the shoulder, having loops or pockets for cartridges.

► Any of various nonplacental mammals, including kangaroos, opossums, bandicoots, and wombats, found principally in Australia and the Americas.

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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.