Words in the News

This Week's Word In The News 

SIMULCAST

DEFINITION:
A simultaneous transmission of the same programme on radio and television, or on two or more channels.

FOUND IN THE NEWS:
He was a commentator for the Lakers alongside the venerable Chick Hearn, doing what was then a simulcast of radio and television.
►The Los Angeles Times, 02/23/2026

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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. Ellipse

► Grossly offensive to decency or morality.

► A rebirth or revival.

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

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

2. Inference

► To have a great ambition or ultimate goal

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

► Incorrectness of reasoning or belief

► The act of reasoning from factual knowledge or evidence.

3. Virtuoso

► Having or demonstrating enthusiasm

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

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

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

4. Eclectic

► Selecting or employing individual elements from a variety of sources, systems, or styles

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

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

► The act of resting or the state of being at rest.

5. Antibody

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

► One who habitually takes advantage of the generosity of others without making any useful return.

► An unstable, poisonous allotrope of oxygen.

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

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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.