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. Vacillate

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

► To swing indecisively from one course of action or opinion to another.

► Any of several rod-shaped bacteria, of the genus Salmonella, that cause food poisoning and other diseases.

► Appropriateness of behavior or conduct

2. Fallacy

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

► Of, relating to, or occurring in the night

► Incorrectness of reasoning or belief

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

3. Metaphor

► A relationship of mutual benefit or dependence.

► One thing conceived as representing another; a symbol.

► One who habitually takes advantage of the generosity of others without making any useful return.

► A dense evergreen forest occupying a tropical region with an annual rainfall of at least 100 inches.

4. Silhouette

► To condescend to give or grant

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

► To have a great ambition or ultimate goal

► Any of various relatively small sailing or motor-driven vessels used for pleasure cruises or racing.

5. Bamboozle

► To take in by elaborate methods of deceit

► The repetition of the same sounds or of the same kinds of sounds at the beginning of words or in stressed syllables

► A preparation of a weakened or killed pathogen.

► 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.