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Words in the News

This Week's Word In The News 

ARID

DEFINITION:
Being without moisture; extremely dry; parched.

FOUND IN THE NEWS:
The unpredictability of illegal fireworks make them dangerous in the arid desert climate, said Riddle, who is also bureau commander of Metro’s Northeast Area Command.
The Las Vegas Review-Journal, 06/30/2025

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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. Nebula

A state of uncertainty or perplexity.

A weather phenomenon in the Eastern Pacific that is precisely equivalent to a hurricane.

Having a backbone or spinal column.

A diffuse mass of interstellar dust or gas or both, visible as luminous patches or areas of darkness


2. Hypocrisy

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

Incorrectness of reasoning or belief

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


3. Toxin

Self-examination.

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

A poisonous substance, especially a protein, that is produced by living cells or organisms.

A person with masterly skill or technique in the arts.


4. Inference

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

One thing conceived as representing another; a symbol.

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

The act of reasoning from factual knowledge or evidence.


5. Outrageous

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

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

Grossly offensive to decency or morality.

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


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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.