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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 

CONGREGATE

DEFINITION:
To come together, to assemble, or to gather.

FOUND IN THE NEWS:
“People who live like this don’t really congregate, and try to stay out of view.”
►The Los Angeles Times, 11/27/2023

Words in the News Quiz
5 Middle School Words

Click on the correct answer in the quiz below.
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. Xylem

► An unstable, poisonous allotrope of oxygen.

► A schedule of prices or fees.

► Marked by hearty conviviality and good cheer.

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

2. Bamboozle

► Incorrectness of reasoning or belief

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

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

► To take in by elaborate methods of deceit

3. Random

► Having no specific pattern, purpose, or objective.

► To stress or emphasize; intensify

► A characteristic rate or rhythm of activity; a pace

► The main character in a drama or other literary work.

4. Nebula

► The main character in a drama or other literary work.

► To honor the memory of with a ceremony

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

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

5. Undulate

► Having a backbone or spinal column.

► A relationship of mutual benefit or dependence.

► To move in waves or with a smooth, wavelike motion.

► To grow well or luxuriantly; thrive

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