Words in the News

This Week's Word In The News 

PARLIAMENTARIAN

DEFINITION:
A consultant who advises the presiding officer and other officers, committees, and members on matters of parliamentary procedure.

FOUND IN THE NEWS:
Mia Cooper, a parliamentarian for the district, brought her daughter to district meetings and state-level education forums as the girl grew up.
The Los Angeles Times, 03/09/2026

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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

An intricate structure of interconnecting passages through which it is difficult to find one’s way; a maze.

Loud, noisy, and lacking in restraint or discipline

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

A teacher and guide in spiritual and philosophical matters.


2. Yacht

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

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

To grow well or luxuriantly; thrive

A preparation of a weakened or killed pathogen.


3. Quarantine

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

Enforced isolation or restriction of free movement imposed to prevent the spread of contagious disease.

An embankment built to prevent flooding

One that speaks for, represents, or advocates


4. Commemorate

To honor the memory of with a ceremony

The arrangement of events in time

Having no specific pattern, purpose, or objective.

One that takes in everything available, as with the mind.


5. Impertinent

Having or demonstrating enthusiasm

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

Having a buoyant or self-confident air; brisk.

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


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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.