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. Camouflage

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

► A disorderly commotion or disturbance.

► The method or result of concealing personnel or equipment from an enemy by making them appear to be part of the natural surroundings

► Loud, noisy, and lacking in restraint or discipline

2. Zoology

► Enforced isolation or restriction of free movement imposed to prevent the spread of contagious disease.

► One that speaks for, represents, or advocates

► The main character in a drama or other literary work.

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

3. Guerrilla

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

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

► 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.

4. Renaissance

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

► 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.

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

► A rebirth or revival.

5. Metaphor

► To honor the memory of with a ceremony

► Having no specific pattern, purpose, or objective.

► One that takes in everything available, as with the mind.

► One thing conceived as representing another; a symbol.

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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.