Words in the News

This Week's Word In The News 

RESPONSE

DEFINITION:
An answer to a question or a reaction to something.

FOUND IN THE NEWS:
“And the response right away was ‘Sure!’”
The Reading Eagle, 09/07/2026

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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. Heritage

To cringe in fear

Something that is passed down from preceding generations; a tradition.

A rebirth or revival.

Appropriateness of behavior or conduct


2. Deign

Appropriateness of behavior or conduct

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

Not subject to an obligation imposed on others; exempt.

To condescend to give or grant


3. Analogy

Similarity in some respects between things that are otherwise dissimilar.

An alteration or change, as in nature, form, or quality.

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

To take in by elaborate methods of deceit


4. Strategy

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

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

A weather phenomenon in the Eastern Pacific that is precisely equivalent to a hurricane.

A relationship of mutual benefit or dependence.


5. Laconic

A weather phenomenon in the Eastern Pacific that is precisely equivalent to a hurricane.

A relationship of mutual benefit or dependence.

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

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


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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.