Words in the News

This Week's Word In The News 

CONGREGATE

DEFINITION:
To come together, to assemble, or to gather.

FOUND IN THE NEWS:
“People who live like this don’t really congregate, and try to stay out of view.”
The Los Angeles Times, 11/27/2023

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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. Participle

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

An unstable, poisonous allotrope of oxygen.

An alteration or change, as in nature, form, or quality.

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


2. Protagonist

The main character in a drama or other literary work.

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

Strikingly unconventional and far-fetched in style or appearance; odd

Inspiring awe, admiration, or wonder


3. Rainforest

Strikingly unconventional and far-fetched in style or appearance; odd

Inspiring awe, admiration, or wonder

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

A dense evergreen forest occupying a tropical region with an annual rainfall of at least 100 inches.


4. Lichen

Having or demonstrating enthusiasm

To have a great ambition or ultimate goal

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

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


5. Tranquility

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

Either of two times of the year when the sun is at its greatest distance from the celestial equator.

Something that is passed down from preceding generations; a tradition.

The quality or state of being tranquil; serenity.


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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.