Words in the News

This Week's Word In The News 

WILDFIRE

DEFINITION:
An unplanned and uncontrolled fire in an area of combustible vegetation.

FOUND IN THE NEWS:
It was not yet clear how the wildfires started, but a long drought, low humidity and strong winds were fueling them.
The Key West Citizen, 04/27/2026

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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. Antibody

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

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

Inspiring awe, admiration, or wonder

Having a buoyant or self-confident air; brisk.


2. Boisterous

Loud, noisy, and lacking in restraint or discipline

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

The supporting and water-conducting tissue of vascular plants, consisting primarily of tracheids and vessels; woody tissue.

Harmful, malevolent, injurious. Harmfully cancerous.


3. Inference

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

The act of reasoning from factual knowledge or evidence.

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

A rebirth or revival.


4. Participle

A form of a verb that in some languages, such as English, can function independently as an adjective.

Having or demonstrating enthusiasm

A characteristic rate or rhythm of activity; a pace

To grow well or luxuriantly; thrive


5. Analogy

A characteristic rate or rhythm of activity; a pace

To grow well or luxuriantly; thrive

Not subject to an obligation imposed on others; exempt.

Similarity in some respects between things that are otherwise dissimilar.


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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.