Words in the News

This Week's Word In The News 

DETRIMENTAL

DEFINITION:
Causing harm or damage.

FOUND IN THE NEWS:
With the A’s relocation process in motion, if the court found SB1 to be unconstitutional, it would be detrimental to the team and all parties involved in the stadium process, according to the A’s.
The Las Vegas Review-Journal, 04/22/2024

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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. Hieroglyphic

Any of various relatively small sailing or motor-driven vessels used for pleasure cruises or racing.

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.

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

One thing conceived as representing another; a symbol.


2. Silhouette

A preparation of a weakened or killed pathogen.

The distance that light travels in a vacuum in one year.

A drawing consisting of the outline of something, especially a human profile, filled in with a solid color.

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


3. Virtuoso

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

Self-examination.

A person with masterly skill or technique in the arts.

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


4. Tranquility

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

The quality or state of being tranquil; serenity.

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

One that takes in everything available, as with the mind.


5. Maneuver

Not subject to an obligation imposed on others; exempt.

A characteristic rate or rhythm of activity; a pace

A movement or procedure involving skill and dexterity.

Being without or almost without hope


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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.