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VERTEBRAE

DEFINITION:
Each of the series of small bones forming the backbone.

FOUND IN THE NEWS:
The photographer with The Washington Post who was attacked by Jewish settlers in the occupied West Bank so badly that several vertebrae were broken said Sunday she was increasingly angry that Israel’s military seems to protect settlers more than the Palestinians they threaten.
►Associated Press, 10/19/2026

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1. Delegate

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

► To grow well or luxuriantly; thrive

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

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

2. Introspection

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

► The main character in a drama or other literary work.

► To have a great ambition or ultimate goal

► Self-examination.

3. Renaissance

► 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 rebirth or revival.

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

► One that is inconvenient, annoying, or vexatious; a bother.

4. Hypocrisy

► Being without or almost without hope

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

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

► A grotesque ornamental figure or projection.

5. Salmonella

► A closed plane figure bounded by three or more line segments.

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

► Any of several rod-shaped bacteria, of the genus Salmonella, that cause food poisoning and other diseases.

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

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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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