Words in the News

This Week's Word In The News 

MISMANAGE

DEFINITION:
To organize or control something badly; to manage incompetently or dishonestly.

FOUND IN THE NEWS:
Grants had been mismanaged, he stated, and he questioned payments made to CEO Tim Bedwell’s wife, Michele, and her business partner, Adam Kent.
The Las Vegas Review-Journal, 11/24/2025

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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. Nuisance

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

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

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

The method or result of concealing personnel or equipment from an enemy by making them appear to be part of the natural surroundings


2. Tundra

To rejoice greatly; be jubilant or triumphant

A treeless area between the icecap and the tree line of Arctic regions, having a permanently frozen subsoil and supporting low-growing vegetation

Appropriateness of behavior or conduct

To take in by elaborate methods of deceit


3. Introspection

Self-examination.

An alteration or change, as in nature, form, or quality.

Incorrectness of reasoning or belief

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


4. Protagonist

Having a backbone or spinal column.

The main character in a drama or other literary work.

Marked by hearty conviviality and good cheer.

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.


5. Hypocrisy

A person with masterly skill or technique in the arts.

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

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

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.