Words in the News

This Week's Word In The News 

EXTINGUISH

DEFINITION:
To stop a fire or a light from burning. To bring to an end.

FOUND IN THE NEWS:
Fargo police responded and attempted to put the fire out before the Fargo Fire Department extinguished the fire.
The Forum of Fargo-Moorhead, 08/31/2026

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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. Immune

A person with masterly skill or technique in the arts.

Not subject to an obligation imposed on others; exempt.

Conversation between characters in a drama or narrative

To cringe in fear


2. Guerrilla

To cringe in fear

The main character in a drama or other literary work.

The drawing of a conclusion by reasoning; the act of deducing.

A member of an irregular, usually indigenous military or paramilitary unit operating in small bands in occupied territory to harass and undermine the enemy


3. Ellipse

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

Having no specific pattern, purpose, or objective.

A schedule of prices or fees.

Any of various relatively small sailing or motor-driven vessels used for pleasure cruises or racing.


4. Suffrage

A schedule of prices or fees.

Any of various relatively small sailing or motor-driven vessels used for pleasure cruises or racing.

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

The right or privilege of voting; franchise.


5. Phloem

One who rejects a religion, cause, allegiance, or group for another; a deserter.

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

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

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


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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.