Words in the News

This Week's Word In The News 

DONNED

DEFINITION:
To have put something on, as in clothing or hats.

FOUND IN THE NEWS:
Quarterback Matthew Stafford donned his neoprene undergarment.
The Los Angeles Times, 01/19/2026

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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. Boycott

The repetition of the same sounds or of the same kinds of sounds at the beginning of words or in stressed syllables

Grossly offensive to decency or morality.

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

To abstain from or act together in abstaining from using, buying, or dealing with as an expression of protest or disfavor or as a means of coercion


2. Hieroglyphic

Having or demonstrating enthusiasm

A movement or procedure involving skill and dexterity.

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.

A picture or decorative design made by setting small colored pieces, as of stone or tile, into a surface.


3. Dialogue

Having a backbone or spinal column.

A person with masterly skill or technique in the arts.

Conversation between characters in a drama or narrative

A characteristic rate or rhythm of activity; a pace


4. Voracious

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

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

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

Any of various nonplacental mammals, including kangaroos, opossums, bandicoots, and wombats, found principally in Australia and the Americas.


5. Despondent

Strikingly unconventional and far-fetched in style or appearance; odd

Being without or almost without hope

The act of reasoning from factual knowledge or evidence.

The locus of points for which the sum of the distances from each point to two fixed points is equal


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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.