Words in the News

This Week's Word In The News 

SEGREGATED

DEFINITION:
Kept separate or treated differently according to race, sex, religion, etc.

FOUND IN THE NEWS:
The other flag, dubbed “History,” is a nod to the Black experience in St. Petersburg, which was once heavily segregated.
The Key West Citizen, 10/13/2025

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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. Labyrinth

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

A characteristic rate or rhythm of activity; a pace

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

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


2. Malignant

The pattern produced on a photosensitive medium that has been exposed by holography and then photographically developed.

Harmful, malevolent, injurious. Harmfully cancerous.

Similarity in some respects between things that are otherwise dissimilar.

Sharing the same opinions or views; being in complete harmony or accord.


3. Symbiosis

Sharing the same opinions or views; being in complete harmony or accord.

A member of an irregular, usually indigenous military or paramilitary unit operating in small bands in occupied territory to harass and undermine the enemy

One that is inconvenient, annoying, or vexatious; a bother.

A relationship of mutual benefit or dependence.


4. Plateau

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

The repetition of the same sounds or of the same kinds of sounds at the beginning of words or in stressed syllables

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

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


5. Deign

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

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

A dense evergreen forest occupying a tropical region with an annual rainfall of at least 100 inches.

To condescend to give or grant


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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.