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. Tumult

► Appropriateness of behavior or conduct

► Having a backbone or spinal column.

► A disorderly commotion or disturbance.

► A characteristic rate or rhythm of activity; a pace

2. Silhouette

► A drawing consisting of the outline of something, especially a human profile, filled in with a solid color.

► A dense evergreen forest occupying a tropical region with an annual rainfall of at least 100 inches.

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

► The science and art of using all the forces of a nation to execute approved plans as effectively as possible during peace or war.

3. Tranquility

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

► The science and art of using all the forces of a nation to execute approved plans as effectively as possible during peace or war.

► Self-examination.

► The quality or state of being tranquil; serenity.

4. Dialogue

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

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

► Conversation between characters in a drama or narrative

► Loud, noisy, and lacking in restraint or discipline

5. Tariff

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

► A schedule of prices or fees.

► An intricate structure of interconnecting passages through which it is difficult to find one’s way; a maze.

► An unstable, poisonous allotrope of oxygen.

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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.