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This Week's Word In The News 

ANTAGONIZING

DEFINITION:
Causing someone to become hostile or angry,

FOUND IN THE NEWS:
"We’ve received reports of police antagonizing protesters, too, so we’re looking into that."
The Las Vegas Review-Journal, 06/16/2025

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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. Voracious

Having or demonstrating enthusiasm

Sharing the same opinions or views; being in complete harmony or accord.

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

Similarity in some respects between things that are otherwise dissimilar.


2. Deduction

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

To take in by elaborate methods of deceit

One that speaks for, represents, or advocates

An alteration or change, as in nature, form, or quality.


3. Solstice

An alteration or change, as in nature, form, or quality.

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

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

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


4. Hologram

Having a buoyant or self-confident air; brisk.

To pound, crush, or grind to a powder or dust.

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

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


5. Protagonist

The main character in a drama or other literary work.

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

The distribution of energy emitted by a radiant source, arranged in order of wavelengths.

In a deplorable state of distress or misfortune; miserable.


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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.