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Words in the News

This Week's Word In The News 

RENDERING

DEFINITION:
Giving something to someone.

FOUND IN THE NEWS:
The replay booth has been working overtime in the Stanley Cup Final, and the officials charged with rendering the final verdicts probably won’t be getting any comped dinners in Las Vegas anytime soon.
►The Las Vegas Review-Journal, 06/08/2026

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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. Immune

► A diffuse mass of interstellar dust or gas or both, visible as luminous patches or areas of darkness

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

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

► To proclaim publicly

2. Deduction

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

► The drawing of a conclusion by reasoning; the act of deducing.

► Relating to a system of writing, such as that of ancient Egypt, in which pictorial symbols are used to represent meaning or sounds or a combination of meaning and sound.

► Using or marked by the use of few words; terse or concise.

3. Analogy

► A proportional part or share.

► Similarity in some respects between things that are otherwise dissimilar.

► Appropriateness of behavior or conduct

► A prohibition by a government on certain or all trade with a foreign nation

4. Ellipse

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

► Having or demonstrating enthusiasm

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

► Being without or almost without hope

5. Malignant

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

► The act of resting or the state of being at rest.

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

► Harmful, malevolent, injurious. Harmfully cancerous.

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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.

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