Words in the News

This Week's Word In The News 

PARLAY

DEFINITION:
A single bet that links together two or more individual wagers

FOUND IN THE NEWS:
Then comes the parlay attempt.
The Key West Citizen, 01/05/2026

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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. Tariff

A preparation of a weakened or killed pathogen.

A cult or religious movement, a group sharing particular (often unorthodox) political and/or religious beliefs.

A schedule of prices or fees.

The act of reasoning from factual knowledge or evidence.


2. Phloem

A rebirth or revival.

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

An ammunition belt, worn over the shoulder, having loops or pockets for cartridges.

The food-conducting tissue of vascular plants, consisting of sieve tubes, fibers, parenchyma, and sclereids.


3. Undulate

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

The arrangement of events in time

Conversation between characters in a drama or narrative

The distance that light travels in a vacuum in one year.


4. Xylem

A conventional, formulaic, and oversimplified conception, opinion, or image.

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

Not subject to an obligation imposed on others; exempt.

Selecting or employing individual elements from a variety of sources, systems, or styles


5. Pulverize

The science and art of using all the forces of a nation to execute approved plans as effectively as possible during peace or war.

To pound, crush, or grind to a powder or dust.

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

Having no specific pattern, purpose, or objective.


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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.