Words in the News

This Week's Word In The News 

SIMLUATED

DEFINITION:
Made to look like or have the features of something else.

FOUND IN THE NEWS:
Here’s the full simluated injury report:
The Boston Herald, 02/02/2026

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5 Middle School Words

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1. Boisterous

A metric unit of length equal to 1,000 meters (0.62 mile).

Loud, noisy, and lacking in restraint or discipline

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

Being without or almost without hope


2. Vacillate

Being without or almost without hope

A disorderly commotion or disturbance.

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

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


3. Tsunami

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

A very large and destructive wave, generally caused by a tremendous disturbance in the ocean, such as an undersea earthquake or volcanic eruption.

A movement or procedure involving skill and dexterity.

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


4. Vertebrate

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

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

Having a backbone or spinal column.

Incorrectness of reasoning or belief


5. Deduction

The drawing of a conclusion by reasoning; the act of deducing.

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

To honor the memory of with a ceremony

Self-examination.


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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.