Words in the News

This Week's Word In The News 

INBOUND

DEFINITION:
Travelling towards a particular point or place rather than leaving it.

FOUND IN THE NEWS:
The runway was closed and inbound and outbound traffic was delayed for a few hours.
The Key West Citizen, 06/22/2026

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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. Levee

Something that is passed down from preceding generations; a tradition.

An embankment built to prevent flooding

Appropriateness of behavior or conduct

A teacher and guide in spiritual and philosophical matters.


2. Guerrilla

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

The arrangement of events in time

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

A cult or religious movement, a group sharing particular (often unorthodox) political and/or religious beliefs.


3. Mosaic

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

A cult or religious movement, a group sharing particular (often unorthodox) political and/or religious beliefs.

A grotesque ornamental figure or projection.

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


4. Light-Year

A person authorized to act as representative for another; a deputy.

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

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

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


5. Tempo

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

Of or relating to the range of invisible radiation wavelengths from about 4 nanometers, on the border of the x-ray region, to about 380 nanometers, just beyond the violet in the visible spectrum.

Loud, noisy, and lacking in restraint or discipline

A characteristic rate or rhythm of activity; a pace


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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.