Words in the News

This Week's Word In The News 

DEFUNCT

DEFINITION:
No longer in effect or use; no longer operating.

FOUND IN THE NEWS:
The now-defunct mine offers hour-long tours by taking visitors 1,000 feet down the shaft into the southwest side of Pikes Peak, according to the tour company’s website.
►The Boulder Daily Camera, 10/14/2024

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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. Plateau

► Marked by hearty conviviality and good cheer.

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

► One that speaks for, represents, or advocates

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

2. Nebula

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

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

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

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

3. Analogy

► Inspiring awe, admiration, or wonder

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

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

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

4. Yacht

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

► One thing conceived as representing another; a symbol.

► Any of various relatively small sailing or motor-driven vessels used for pleasure cruises or racing.

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

5. Mosaic

► The science and art of using all the forces of a nation to execute approved plans as effectively as possible during peace or war.

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

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

► A grotesque ornamental figure or projection.

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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.