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This Week's Word In The News 

WILDFIRE

DEFINITION:
An unplanned and uncontrolled fire in an area of combustible vegetation.

FOUND IN THE NEWS:
It was not yet clear how the wildfires started, but a long drought, low humidity and strong winds were fueling them.
►The Key West Citizen, 04/27/2026

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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. Stereotype

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

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

► To proclaim publicly

► To stress or emphasize; intensify

2. Boisterous

► To stress or emphasize; intensify

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

► Loud, noisy, and lacking in restraint or discipline

► A schedule of prices or fees.

3. Wretched

► 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.

► To move in waves or with a smooth, wavelike motion.

► Not subject to an obligation imposed on others; exempt.

► In a deplorable state of distress or misfortune; miserable.

4. Solstice

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

► A very large and destructive wave, generally caused by a tremendous disturbance in the ocean, such as an undersea earthquake or volcanic eruption.

► To abstain from or act together in abstaining from using, buying, or dealing with as an expression of protest or disfavor or as a means of coercion

► One who rejects a religion, cause, allegiance, or group for another; a deserter.

5. Recede

► To abstain from or act together in abstaining from using, buying, or dealing with as an expression of protest or disfavor or as a means of coercion

► One who rejects a religion, cause, allegiance, or group for another; a deserter.

► Having a buoyant or self-confident air; brisk.

► To move back or away from a limit, point, or mark

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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.