Words in the News

This Week's Word In The News 

ACQUAINTANCE

DEFINITION:
A person one knows slightly, but who is not a close friend.

FOUND IN THE NEWS:
When photographer Peter Turnley was just 20 years old, an acquaintance from the California Office of Economic Opportunity reached out to him with a question.
The Los Angeles Times, 12/01/2025

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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. Enthusiastic

Marked by hearty conviviality and good cheer.

Having or demonstrating enthusiasm

A movement or procedure involving skill and dexterity.

A fungus, usually of the class Ascomycetes, that grows symbiotically with algae,


2. Antibody

A Y-shaped protein on the surface of B cells that is secreted into the blood or lymph in response to an antigenic stimulus

A rebirth or revival.

Having a buoyant or self-confident air; brisk.

A weather phenomenon in the Eastern Pacific that is precisely equivalent to a hurricane.


3. Sacrifice

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

Forfeiture of something highly valued for the sake of one considered to have a greater value or claim.

The systematic procedure by which a complex or scientific task is accomplished.

Self-examination.


4. Levee

To honor the memory of with a ceremony

An embankment built to prevent flooding

To take in by elaborate methods of deceit

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


5. Fallacy

Incorrectness of reasoning or belief

A conventional, formulaic, and oversimplified conception, opinion, or image.

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


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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.