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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 

DEPLETE

DEFINITION:
To use up or consume a limited resource.

FOUND IN THE NEWS:
Councilor Brian Worrell is sounding off after a Suffolk Superior Court judge ruled that if the footage became public before trial, it would deplete the jury pool in the manslaughter case against Boston police officer Nick O’Malley.
The Boston Herald, 07/27/2026

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. Spectrum

The main character in a drama or other literary work.

To rejoice greatly; be jubilant or triumphant

The distribution of energy emitted by a radiant source, arranged in order of wavelengths.

Conversation between characters in a drama or narrative


2. Bamboozle

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

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

An elevated, comparatively level expanse of land; a tableland.

To take in by elaborate methods of deceit


3. Quarantine

To stress or emphasize; intensify

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

A schedule of prices or fees.

To grow well or luxuriantly; thrive


4. Tundra

To grow well or luxuriantly; thrive

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

Self-examination.

A treeless area between the icecap and the tree line of Arctic regions, having a permanently frozen subsoil and supporting low-growing vegetation


5. Mutation

A metric unit of length equal to 1,000 meters (0.62 mile).

A characteristic rate or rhythm of activity; a pace

Having a buoyant or self-confident air; brisk.

An alteration or change, as in nature, form, or quality.


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