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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. Tariff

► A schedule of prices or fees.

► To swing indecisively from one course of action or opinion to another.

► A dense evergreen forest occupying a tropical region with an annual rainfall of at least 100 inches.

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

2. Hologram

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

► Not subject to an obligation imposed on others; exempt.

► The pattern produced on a photosensitive medium that has been exposed by holography and then photographically developed.

► A proportional part or share.

3. Labyrinth

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

► A person with masterly skill or technique in the arts.

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

► 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. Jaunty

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

► 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.

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

► Having a buoyant or self-confident air; brisk.

5. Introspection

► Self-examination.

► To have a great ambition or ultimate goal

► A grotesque ornamental figure or projection.

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

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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.

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