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DETRIMENTAL

DEFINITION:
Causing harm or damage.

FOUND IN THE NEWS:
With the A’s relocation process in motion, if the court found SB1 to be unconstitutional, it would be detrimental to the team and all parties involved in the stadium process, according to the A’s.
►The Las Vegas Review-Journal, 04/22/2024

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5 Middle School Words

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1. Marsupial

► To cringe in fear

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

► The food-conducting tissue of vascular plants, consisting of sieve tubes, fibers, parenchyma, and sclereids.

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

2. Vacillate

► To move back or away from a limit, point, or mark

► Marked by hearty conviviality and good cheer.

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

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

3. Camouflage

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

► Relating to a system of writing, such as that of ancient Egypt, in which pictorial symbols are used to represent meaning or sounds or a combination of meaning and sound.

► The right or privilege of voting; franchise.

► Any of several rod-shaped bacteria, of the genus Salmonella, that cause food poisoning and other diseases.

4. Hypocrisy

► Having no specific pattern, purpose, or objective.

► The practice of professing beliefs, feelings, or virtues that one does not hold or possess; falseness.

► An embankment built to prevent flooding

► 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.

5. Boisterous

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

► A preparation of a weakened or killed pathogen.

► Loud, noisy, and lacking in restraint or discipline

► 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.