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. Suffrage

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

► Loud, noisy, and lacking in restraint or discipline

► To grow well or luxuriantly; thrive

► The right or privilege of voting; franchise.

2. Omnivore

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

► An elevated, comparatively level expanse of land; a tableland.

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

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

3. Light-Year

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

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

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

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

4. Guru

► A teacher and guide in spiritual and philosophical matters.

► Using or marked by the use of few words; terse or concise.

► A rebirth or revival.

► To take in by elaborate methods of deceit

5. Impertinent

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

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

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

► An unstable, poisonous allotrope of oxygen.

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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.