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. Spectrum

Of, relating to, or occurring in the night

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

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

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.


2. Vertebrate

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

Having a backbone or spinal column.

A poisonous substance, especially a protein, that is produced by living cells or organisms.

To swing indecisively from one course of action or opinion to another.


3. Introspection

A teacher and guide in spiritual and philosophical matters.

Having a buoyant or self-confident air; brisk.

Self-examination.

Forfeiture of something highly valued for the sake of one considered to have a greater value or claim.


4. Metaphor

Marked by hearty conviviality and good cheer.

An elevated, comparatively level expanse of land; a tableland.

One thing conceived as representing another; a symbol.

A fungus, usually of the class Ascomycetes, that grows symbiotically with algae,


5. Deign

Being without or almost without hope

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

To condescend to give or grant

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


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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.