Words in the News

This Week's Word In The News 

NEUROPSYCHOLOGY

DEFINITION:
The study of the brain related to specific psychological processes and behaviors.

FOUND IN THE NEWS:
Local experts in mental health, political science and neuropsychology told the Dayton Daily News that elections can be a difficult time for mental health as strongly held beliefs can be challenged by deep political divides.
►Dayton Daily News, 07/22/2024

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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. Sacrifice

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

► To take in by elaborate methods of deceit

► A drawing consisting of the outline of something, especially a human profile, filled in with a solid color.

► Exceeding the limits of propriety or good manners; improperly forward or bold

2. Toxin

► The arrangement of events in time

► A poisonous substance, especially a protein, that is produced by living cells or organisms.

► The distance that light travels in a vacuum in one year.

► To swing indecisively from one course of action or opinion to another.

3. Solstice

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

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

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

► A disorderly commotion or disturbance.

4. Immune

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

► A disorderly commotion or disturbance.

► A form of a verb that in some languages, such as English, can function independently as an adjective.

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

5. Enthusiastic

► One who rejects a religion, cause, allegiance, or group for another; a deserter.

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

► The supporting and water-conducting tissue of vascular plants, consisting primarily of tracheids and vessels; woody tissue.

► Having or demonstrating enthusiasm

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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.