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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1. Inference

A poisonous substance, especially a protein, that is produced by living cells or organisms.

A very large and destructive wave, generally caused by a tremendous disturbance in the ocean, such as an undersea earthquake or volcanic eruption.

The act of reasoning from factual knowledge or evidence.

One thing conceived as representing another; a symbol.


2. Ultraviolet

Enforced isolation or restriction of free movement imposed to prevent the spread of contagious disease.

Inspiring awe, admiration, or wonder

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.

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


3. Hypocrisy

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

A disorderly commotion or disturbance.

Loud, noisy, and lacking in restraint or discipline

The practice of professing beliefs, feelings, or virtues that one does not hold or possess; falseness.


4. Guerrilla

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

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.

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

To proclaim publicly


5. Flourish

To proclaim publicly

The quality or state of being tranquil; serenity.

To grow well or luxuriantly; thrive

A person with masterly skill or technique in the arts.


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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.