Words in the News

This Week's Word In The News 

DETRIMENTAL

DEFINITION:
Causing harm or damage.

FOUND IN THE NEWS:
With the A’s relocation process in motion, if the court found SB1 to be unconstitutional, it would be detrimental to the team and all parties involved in the stadium process, according to the A’s.
►The Las Vegas Review-Journal, 04/22/2024

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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. Fallacy

► Marked by hearty conviviality and good cheer.

► Having or demonstrating enthusiasm

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

► Incorrectness of reasoning or belief

2. Zoology

► The practice of professing beliefs, feelings, or virtues that one does not hold or possess; falseness.

► The arrangement of events in time

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

► The branch of biology that deals with animals and animal life, including the study of the structure, physiology, development, and classification of animals.

3. Embargo

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

► To stress or emphasize; intensify

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

► To take in by elaborate methods of deceit

4. Quarantine

► A state of uncertainty or perplexity.

► Enforced isolation or restriction of free movement imposed to prevent the spread of contagious disease.

► To move back or away from a limit, point, or mark

► Appropriateness of behavior or conduct

5. Impertinent

► Appropriateness of behavior or conduct

► To have a great ambition or ultimate goal

► A movement or procedure involving skill and dexterity.

► Exceeding the limits of propriety or good manners; improperly forward or bold

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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.