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. Introspection

► The systematic procedure by which a complex or scientific task is accomplished.

► To cringe in fear

► An ammunition belt, worn over the shoulder, having loops or pockets for cartridges.

► Self-examination.

2. Labyrinth

► Not subject to an obligation imposed on others; exempt.

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

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

► Any of various nonplacental mammals, including kangaroos, opossums, bandicoots, and wombats, found principally in Australia and the Americas.

3. Mosaic

► A schedule of prices or fees.

► A picture or decorative design made by setting small colored pieces, as of stone or tile, into a surface.

► Having no specific pattern, purpose, or objective.

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

4. Aspire

► To rejoice greatly; be jubilant or triumphant

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

► To have a great ambition or ultimate goal

► To stress or emphasize; intensify

5. Boycott

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

► 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 conventional, formulaic, and oversimplified conception, opinion, or image.

► One that speaks for, represents, or advocates

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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.