Words in the News

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. Hieroglyphic

► 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.

► Loud, noisy, and lacking in restraint or discipline

► Conversation between characters in a drama or narrative

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

2. Aspire

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

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

► To have a great ambition or ultimate goal

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

3. Enthusiastic

► Having or demonstrating enthusiasm

► A preparation of a weakened or killed pathogen.

► A state of uncertainty or perplexity.

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

4. Sect

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

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

► To rejoice greatly; be jubilant or triumphant

► Self-examination.

5. Typhoon

► To rejoice greatly; be jubilant or triumphant

► Self-examination.

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

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

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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.