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Words in the News

This Week's Word In The News 

CONDOLENCE

DEFINITION:
An expression of sympathy, especially on the occasion of a death.

FOUND IN THE NEWS:
President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden extended their “deepest condolences” to Comperatore’s family.
The Morning Cal, 07/15/2024

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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. Immune

Not subject to an obligation imposed on others; exempt.

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

To rejoice greatly; be jubilant or triumphant

Of, relating to, or occurring in the night


2. Tundra

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

A treeless area between the icecap and the tree line of Arctic regions, having a permanently frozen subsoil and supporting low-growing vegetation

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

Harmful, malevolent, injurious. Harmfully cancerous.


3. Embargo

Harmful, malevolent, injurious. Harmfully cancerous.

Incorrectness of reasoning or belief

To condescend to give or grant

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


4. Recede

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

To move back or away from a limit, point, or mark

To take in by elaborate methods of deceit

Something that is passed down from preceding generations; a tradition.


5. Tranquility

The quality or state of being tranquil; serenity.

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

One who rejects a religion, cause, allegiance, or group for another; a deserter.

A picture or decorative design made by setting small colored pieces, as of stone or tile, into a surface.


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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.