Words in the News

This Week's Word In The News 

SUREFIRE

DEFINITION:
Certain or likely, especially to succeed.

FOUND IN THE NEWS:
Kirby taught himself how to count cards, a surefire way to get barred from gambling at a casino, “raking in money on trips to Atlantic City and Las Vegas,” the article stated.
The Las Vegas Review-Journal, 05/04/2026

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5 Middle School Words

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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. Boisterous

Consuming or eager to consume great amounts of food; ravenous.

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

The arrangement of events in time

Loud, noisy, and lacking in restraint or discipline


2. Solstice

Either of two times of the year when the sun is at its greatest distance from the celestial equator.

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.

Similarity in some respects between things that are otherwise dissimilar.

To take in by elaborate methods of deceit


3. Undulate

To take in by elaborate methods of deceit

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

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

Marked by hearty conviviality and good cheer.


4. Random

To grow well or luxuriantly; thrive

One that speaks for, represents, or advocates

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

Having no specific pattern, purpose, or objective.


5. Divulge

A poisonous substance, especially a protein, that is produced by living cells or organisms.

To proclaim publicly

The right or privilege of voting; franchise.

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


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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.