Words in the News

This Week's Word In The News 

EXTRADITE

DEFINITION:
Hand over (a person accused or convicted of a crime) to the jurisdiction of the foreign state in which the crime was committed.

FOUND IN THE NEWS:
Deputy U.S. Marshals from Colorado flew to Canada this week to extradite a fugitive suspect back to the United States, officials announced Friday.
The Denver Post, 03/25/2024

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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. Inference

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

The main character in a drama or other literary work.

The act of reasoning from factual knowledge or evidence.

Having no specific pattern, purpose, or objective.


2. Hieroglyphic

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

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

Either of two times of the year when the sun is at its greatest distance from the celestial equator.

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.


3. Guru

A teacher and guide in spiritual and philosophical matters.

An embankment built to prevent flooding

Of, relating to, or occurring in the night

Having or demonstrating enthusiasm


4. Vertebrate

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

Having a backbone or spinal column.

The arrangement of events in time

Having a buoyant or self-confident air; brisk.


5. Spectrum

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

The right or privilege of voting; franchise.

The drawing of a conclusion by reasoning; the act of deducing.

Selecting or employing individual elements from a variety of sources, systems, or styles


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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.