Words in the News

This Week's Word In The News 

MISMANAGE

DEFINITION:
To organize or control something badly; to manage incompetently or dishonestly.

FOUND IN THE NEWS:
Grants had been mismanaged, he stated, and he questioned payments made to CEO Tim Bedwell’s wife, Michele, and her business partner, Adam Kent.
The Las Vegas Review-Journal, 11/24/2025

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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. Hieroglyphic

Of or relating to the range of invisible radiation wavelengths from about 4 nanometers, on the border of the x-ray region, to about 380 nanometers, just beyond the violet in the visible spectrum.

Inspiring awe, admiration, or wonder

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.

The arrangement of events in time


2. Parasite

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

The act of reasoning from factual knowledge or evidence.

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

Incorrectness of reasoning or belief


3. Divulge

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

Incorrectness of reasoning or belief

A relationship of mutual benefit or dependence.

To proclaim publicly


4. Wretched

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

In a deplorable state of distress or misfortune; miserable.

Not subject to an obligation imposed on others; exempt.

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


5. Quota

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

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

A proportional part or share.

A very large and destructive wave, generally caused by a tremendous disturbance in the ocean, such as an undersea earthquake or volcanic eruption.


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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.