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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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. Exult

► Appropriateness of behavior or conduct

► A person with masterly skill or technique in the arts.

► To rejoice greatly; be jubilant or triumphant

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

2. Spectrum

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

► A rebirth or revival.

► Inspiring awe, admiration, or wonder

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

3. Embargo

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

► A prohibition by a government on certain or all trade with a foreign nation

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

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

4. Flourish

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

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

► To grow well or luxuriantly; thrive

► Harmful, malevolent, injurious. Harmfully cancerous.

5. Polygon

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

► A closed plane figure bounded by three or more line segments.

► A disorderly commotion or disturbance.

► To proclaim publicly

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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.