Words in the News

This Week's Word In The News 

RENDERING

DEFINITION:
Giving something to someone.

FOUND IN THE NEWS:
The replay booth has been working overtime in the Stanley Cup Final, and the officials charged with rendering the final verdicts probably won’t be getting any comped dinners in Las Vegas anytime soon.
►The Las Vegas Review-Journal, 06/08/2026

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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. Vacillate

► A fungus, usually of the class Ascomycetes, that grows symbiotically with algae,

► To swing indecisively from one course of action or opinion to another.

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

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

2. Analogy

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

► A person with masterly skill or technique in the arts.

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

► The arrangement of events in time

3. Tundra

► Exceeding the limits of propriety or good manners; improperly forward or bold

► Forfeiture of something highly valued for the sake of one considered to have a greater value or claim.

► A treeless area between the icecap and the tree line of Arctic regions, having a permanently frozen subsoil and supporting low-growing vegetation

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

4. Aspire

► To have a great ambition or ultimate goal

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

► 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 disorderly commotion or disturbance.

5. Gargoyle

► A grotesque ornamental figure or projection.

► Marked by hearty conviviality and good cheer.

► 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.

► Harmful, malevolent, injurious. Harmfully cancerous.

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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.