Words in the News

This Week's Word In The News 

BLEACH

DEFINITION:
To become white or pale. Coral bleaching is the process when corals become white due to loss of symbiotic algae and photosynthetic pigments.

FOUND IN THE NEWS:
If water temperatures remain above 84 degrees for a significant period, corals will begin to experience stress and start to bleach.
►The Key West Citizen, 06/24/2024

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5 Middle School Words

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1. Parasite

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

► The arrangement of events in time

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

► Conversation between characters in a drama or narrative

2. Undulate

► A grotesque ornamental figure or projection.

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

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

► Similarity in some respects between things that are otherwise dissimilar.

3. Embargo

► A rebirth or revival.

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

► A person authorized to act as representative for another; a deputy.

► Any of several rod-shaped bacteria, of the genus Salmonella, that cause food poisoning and other diseases.

4. Ultraviolet

► A Y-shaped protein on the surface of B cells that is secreted into the blood or lymph in response to an antigenic stimulus

► Of or relating to the range of invisible radiation wavelengths from about 4 nanometers, on the border of the x-ray region, to about 380 nanometers, just beyond the violet in the visible spectrum.

► A characteristic rate or rhythm of activity; a pace

► Relating to a system of writing, such as that of ancient Egypt, in which pictorial symbols are used to represent meaning or sounds or a combination of meaning and sound.

5. Renegade

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

► The pattern produced on a photosensitive medium that has been exposed by holography and then photographically developed.

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

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

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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.