Words in the News

This Week's Word In The News 

DONNED

DEFINITION:
To have put something on, as in clothing or hats.

FOUND IN THE NEWS:
Quarterback Matthew Stafford donned his neoprene undergarment.
►The Los Angeles Times, 01/19/2026

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5 Middle School Words

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1. Guerrilla

► A prohibition by a government on certain or all trade with a foreign nation

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

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

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

2. Lichen

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

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

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

► Being without or almost without hope

3. Tundra

► Being without or almost without hope

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

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

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

4. Sacrifice

► Having a backbone or spinal column.

► The act of reasoning from factual knowledge or evidence.

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

► Of or relating to the range of invisible radiation wavelengths from about 4 nanometers, on the border of the x-ray region, to about 380 nanometers, just beyond the violet in the visible spectrum.

5. Nebula

► Of, relating to, or occurring in the night

► A preparation of a weakened or killed pathogen.

► A diffuse mass of interstellar dust or gas or both, visible as luminous patches or areas of darkness

► Strikingly unconventional and far-fetched in style or appearance; odd

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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.