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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. Labyrinth

► Conversation between characters in a drama or narrative

► To rejoice greatly; be jubilant or triumphant

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

► An intricate structure of interconnecting passages through which it is difficult to find one’s way; a maze.

2. Analogy

► Similarity in some respects between things that are otherwise dissimilar.

► The quality or state of being tranquil; serenity.

► Of, relating to, or occurring in the night

► One that speaks for, represents, or advocates

3. Mosaic

► One that speaks for, represents, or advocates

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

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

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

4. Tumult

► A drawing consisting of the outline of something, especially a human profile, filled in with a solid color.

► A disorderly commotion or disturbance.

► Using or marked by the use of few words; terse or concise.

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

5. Hieroglyphic

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

► 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 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

► A teacher and guide in spiritual and philosophical matters.

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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.