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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 

UNREDACTED

DEFINITION:
Confidential or sensitive information included or visible in a document, or with text or images not removed or hidden.

FOUND IN THE NEWS:
Sensitive personal information including Social Security numbers was unveiled in the newly unredacted John F. Kennedy assassination documents released this week, and that is not sitting well with the people affected.
The Chicago Tribune, 03/24/2025

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. Quandary

Something that is passed down from preceding generations; a tradition.

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

A state of uncertainty or perplexity.

A weather phenomenon in the Eastern Pacific that is precisely equivalent to a hurricane.


2. Immune

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

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

Not subject to an obligation imposed on others; exempt.

To grow well or luxuriantly; thrive


3. Participle

A closed plane figure bounded by three or more line segments.

A schedule of prices or fees.

A form of a verb that in some languages, such as English, can function independently as an adjective.

Loud, noisy, and lacking in restraint or discipline


4. Exult

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

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

To rejoice greatly; be jubilant or triumphant

To have a great ambition or ultimate goal


5. Xylem

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

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

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

Grossly offensive to decency or morality.


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