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. Gargoyle

A grotesque ornamental figure or projection.

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

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

A relationship of mutual benefit or dependence.


2. Embargo

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

A relationship of mutual benefit or dependence.

The right or privilege of voting; franchise.

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


3. Flourish

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

One that speaks for, represents, or advocates

To grow well or luxuriantly; thrive

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


4. Malignant

One thing conceived as representing another; a symbol.

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

Harmful, malevolent, injurious. Harmfully cancerous.

Similarity in some respects between things that are otherwise dissimilar.


5. Nebula

To rejoice greatly; be jubilant or triumphant

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

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

To honor the memory of with a ceremony


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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.