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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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. Nocturnal

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

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

► Of, relating to, or occurring in the night

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

2. Quarantine

► A cult or religious movement, a group sharing particular (often unorthodox) political and/or religious beliefs.

► Enforced isolation or restriction of free movement imposed to prevent the spread of contagious disease.

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

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

3. Deign

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

► The arrangement of events in time

► To condescend to give or grant

► Of or relating to the range of invisible radiation wavelengths from about 4 nanometers, on the border of the x-ray region, to about 380 nanometers, just beyond the violet in the visible spectrum.

4. Tempo

► Grossly offensive to decency or morality.

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

► To have a great ambition or ultimate goal

► A characteristic rate or rhythm of activity; a pace

5. Laconic

► To take in by elaborate methods of deceit

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

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

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

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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.