Words in the News

This Week's Word In The News 

WRANGLING

DEFINITION:
Moving a person or thing somewhere, usually with difficulty or using force.

FOUND IN THE NEWS:
The location in Alexandria, Louisiana, would remove logistical headaches caused by wrangling children from foster homes and shelters across the country and not having anywhere to put them during final preparations for flight.
The Boston Herald, 07/13/2026

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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. Analogy

A state of uncertainty or perplexity.

The branch of biology that deals with animals and animal life, including the study of the structure, physiology, development, and classification of animals.

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

Similarity in some respects between things that are otherwise dissimilar.


2. Quarantine

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

A metric unit of length equal to 1,000 meters (0.62 mile).

An intricate structure of interconnecting passages through which it is difficult to find one’s way; a maze.

Enforced isolation or restriction of free movement imposed to prevent the spread of contagious disease.


3. Tariff

Exceeding the limits of propriety or good manners; improperly forward or bold

A schedule of prices or fees.

To cringe in fear

The act of reasoning from factual knowledge or evidence.


4. Bandolier

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

An ammunition belt, worn over the shoulder, having loops or pockets for cartridges.

A very large and destructive wave, generally caused by a tremendous disturbance in the ocean, such as an undersea earthquake or volcanic eruption.

Having no specific pattern, purpose, or objective.


5. Ellipse

Having no specific pattern, purpose, or objective.

A person with masterly skill or technique in the arts.

Loud, noisy, and lacking in restraint or discipline

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


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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.