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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.
This Week's Word In The News 

IMPROBABLE

DEFINITION:
Unlikely to take place under the circumstances or in the usual course of events.

FOUND IN THE NEWS:
That’s where Democratic candidates are trying to accomplish the improbable by flipping a pair of Trump-friendly congressional seats and carving into Republicans’ narrow 218 to 213 majority in the U.S. House of Representatives.
The Key West Citizen-Herald, 03/31/2025

Words in the News Quiz
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. Unanimous

To honor the memory of with a ceremony

The act of resting or the state of being at rest.

Sharing the same opinions or views; being in complete harmony or accord.

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


2. Sect

A cult or religious movement, a group sharing particular (often unorthodox) political and/or religious beliefs.

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

In a deplorable state of distress or misfortune; miserable.

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


3. Deduction

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

One thing conceived as representing another; a symbol.

The act of reasoning from factual knowledge or evidence.

Inspiring awe, admiration, or wonder


4. Lichen

A fungus, usually of the class Ascomycetes, that grows symbiotically with algae,

A teacher and guide in spiritual and philosophical matters.

The right or privilege of voting; franchise.

A grotesque ornamental figure or projection.


5. Quota

The right or privilege of voting; franchise.

A grotesque ornamental figure or projection.

Similarity in some respects between things that are otherwise dissimilar.

A proportional part or share.


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