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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. Hieroglyphic

► 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.

► The arrangement of events in time

► To condescend to give or grant

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

2. Xylem

► A proportional part or share.

► The supporting and water-conducting tissue of vascular plants, consisting primarily of tracheids and vessels; woody tissue.

► To have a great ambition or ultimate goal

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

3. Ozone

► Grossly offensive to decency or morality.

► The food-conducting tissue of vascular plants, consisting of sieve tubes, fibers, parenchyma, and sclereids.

► An unstable, poisonous allotrope of oxygen.

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

4. Maneuver

► A movement or procedure involving skill and dexterity.

► Consuming or eager to consume great amounts of food; ravenous.

► The locus of points for which the sum of the distances from each point to two fixed points is equal

► The science and art of using all the forces of a nation to execute approved plans as effectively as possible during peace or war.

5. Vaccine

► A preparation of a weakened or killed pathogen.

► A state of uncertainty or perplexity.

► The drawing of a conclusion by reasoning; the act of deducing.

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

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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.