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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1. Guru

► A teacher and guide in spiritual and philosophical matters.

► A grotesque ornamental figure or projection.

► A conventional, formulaic, and oversimplified conception, opinion, or image.

► Consuming or eager to consume great amounts of food; ravenous.

2. Antibody

► A person authorized to act as representative for another; a deputy.

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

► An intricate structure of interconnecting passages through which it is difficult to find one’s way; a maze.

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

3. Fallacy

► A diffuse mass of interstellar dust or gas or both, visible as luminous patches or areas of darkness

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

► Incorrectness of reasoning or belief

► The main character in a drama or other literary work.

4. Vertebrate

► Having a backbone or spinal column.

► An unstable, poisonous allotrope of oxygen.

► The right or privilege of voting; franchise.

► A rebirth or revival.

5. Plateau

► 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.

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

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

► 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.