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This Week's Word In The News 

SIMLUATED

DEFINITION:
Made to look like or have the features of something else.

FOUND IN THE NEWS:
Here’s the full simluated injury report:
►The Boston Herald, 02/02/2026

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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. Analogy

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

► To stress or emphasize; intensify

► The act of reasoning from factual knowledge or evidence.

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

2. Zoology

► The branch of biology that deals with animals and animal life, including the study of the structure, physiology, development, and classification of animals.

► A poisonous substance, especially a protein, that is produced by living cells or organisms.

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

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

3. Nuisance

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

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

► To take in by elaborate methods of deceit

► One that is inconvenient, annoying, or vexatious; a bother.

4. Hypocrisy

► To cringe in fear

► A form of a verb that in some languages, such as English, can function independently as an adjective.

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

► The practice of professing beliefs, feelings, or virtues that one does not hold or possess; falseness.

5. Tsunami

► A teacher and guide in spiritual and philosophical matters.

► 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

► A grotesque ornamental figure or projection.

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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.