Words in the News

This Week's Word In The News 

SUREFIRE

DEFINITION:
Certain or likely, especially to succeed.

FOUND IN THE NEWS:
Kirby taught himself how to count cards, a surefire way to get barred from gambling at a casino, “raking in money on trips to Atlantic City and Las Vegas,” the article stated.
►The Las Vegas Review-Journal, 05/04/2026

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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. Polygon

► A relationship of mutual benefit or dependence.

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

► Conversation between characters in a drama or narrative

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

2. Camouflage

► The repetition of the same sounds or of the same kinds of sounds at the beginning of words or in stressed syllables

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

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

► Of, relating to, or occurring in the night

3. Metaphor

► Of, relating to, or occurring in the night

► 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

► Having or demonstrating enthusiasm

► One thing conceived as representing another; a symbol.

4. Suffrage

► The right or privilege of voting; franchise.

► The locus of points for which the sum of the distances from each point to two fixed points is equal

► An embankment built to prevent flooding

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

5. Boisterous

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

► A disorderly commotion or disturbance.

► Loud, noisy, and lacking in restraint or discipline

► Incorrectness of reasoning or belief

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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.