Words in the News

This Week's Word In The News 

DONNED

DEFINITION:
To have put something on, as in clothing or hats.

FOUND IN THE NEWS:
Quarterback Matthew Stafford donned his neoprene undergarment.
The Los Angeles Times, 01/19/2026

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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. Chronology

A state of uncertainty or perplexity.

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

Strikingly unconventional and far-fetched in style or appearance; odd

The arrangement of events in time


2. Antibody

To honor the memory of with a ceremony

A Y-shaped protein on the surface of B cells that is secreted into the blood or lymph in response to an antigenic stimulus

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

A conventional, formulaic, and oversimplified conception, opinion, or image.


3. Quota

A conventional, formulaic, and oversimplified conception, opinion, or image.

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

An unstable, poisonous allotrope of oxygen.

A proportional part or share.


4. Outrageous

Grossly offensive to decency or morality.

To have a great ambition or ultimate goal

One who habitually takes advantage of the generosity of others without making any useful return.

The distribution of energy emitted by a radiant source, arranged in order of wavelengths.


5. Light-Year

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

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

To abstain from or act together in abstaining from using, buying, or dealing with as an expression of protest or disfavor or as a means of coercion

Incorrectness of reasoning or belief


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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.