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Words in the News

This Week's Word In The News 

RECIPROCAL

DEFINITION:
Given, felt, or done in return. Reward the positive or punish the negative.

FOUND IN THE NEWS:
With the reciprocal tariffs, Trump is effectively blowing up the rules governing world trade.
The Albuquerque Journal, 07/14/2025

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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. Delegate

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

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

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

An alteration or change, as in nature, form, or quality.


2. Ultraviolet

The systematic procedure by which a complex or scientific task is accomplished.

To grow well or luxuriantly; thrive

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.

The main character in a drama or other literary work.


3. Embargo

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

Similarity in some respects between things that are otherwise dissimilar.

A preparation of a weakened or killed pathogen.

To abstain from or act together in abstaining from using, buying, or dealing with as an expression of protest or disfavor or as a means of coercion


4. Xylem

A preparation of a weakened or killed pathogen.

To abstain from or act together in abstaining from using, buying, or dealing with as an expression of protest or disfavor or as a means of coercion

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

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


5. Laconic

A person with masterly skill or technique in the arts.

Using or marked by the use of few words; terse or concise.

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

To condescend to give or grant


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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.