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. Commemorate

Similarity in some respects between things that are otherwise dissimilar.

To honor the memory of with a ceremony

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

Harmful, malevolent, injurious. Harmfully cancerous.


2. Exult

Appropriateness of behavior or conduct

To rejoice greatly; be jubilant or triumphant

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

The method or result of concealing personnel or equipment from an enemy by making them appear to be part of the natural surroundings


3. Unanimous

The method or result of concealing personnel or equipment from an enemy by making them appear to be part of the natural surroundings

Self-examination.

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

Sharing the same opinions or views; being in complete harmony or accord.


4. Strategy

A metric unit of length equal to 1,000 meters (0.62 mile).

A person authorized to act as representative for another; a deputy.

Having or demonstrating enthusiasm

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


5. Silhouette

A disorderly commotion or disturbance.

A picture or decorative design made by setting small colored pieces, as of stone or tile, into a surface.

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

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


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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.