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. Suffrage

The right or privilege of voting; franchise.

Grossly offensive to decency or morality.

To have a great ambition or ultimate goal

The practice of professing beliefs, feelings, or virtues that one does not hold or possess; falseness.


2. Commemorate

Forfeiture of something highly valued for the sake of one considered to have a greater value or claim.

To honor the memory of with a ceremony

Inspiring awe, admiration, or wonder

A rebirth or revival.


3. Labyrinth

A characteristic rate or rhythm of activity; a pace

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

Having a buoyant or self-confident air; brisk.

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.


4. Silhouette

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.

To proclaim publicly

A disorderly commotion or disturbance.

A drawing consisting of the outline of something, especially a human profile, filled in with a solid color.


5. Guerrilla

To move back or away from a limit, point, or mark

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

A movement or procedure involving skill and dexterity.

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


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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.