Words in the News

This Week's Word In The News 

RENDERING

DEFINITION:
Giving something to someone.

FOUND IN THE NEWS:
The replay booth has been working overtime in the Stanley Cup Final, and the officials charged with rendering the final verdicts probably won’t be getting any comped dinners in Las Vegas anytime soon.
The Las Vegas Review-Journal, 06/08/2026

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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. Metaphor

The act of resting or the state of being at rest.

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

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

One thing conceived as representing another; a symbol.


2. Deign

To condescend to give or grant

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

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

Either of two times of the year when the sun is at its greatest distance from the celestial equator.


3. Mutation

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

Either of two times of the year when the sun is at its greatest distance from the celestial equator.

Inspiring awe, admiration, or wonder

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


4. Inference

The act of reasoning from factual knowledge or evidence.

Having no specific pattern, purpose, or objective.

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

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


5. Bamboozle

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

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

Incorrectness of reasoning or belief

To take in by elaborate methods of deceit


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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.