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This Week's Word In The News 

BOON

DEFINITION:
A thing that is helpful or beneficial.

FOUND IN THE NEWS:
A Miami World’s Fair would potentially result in a big tourism boon for the state and region, including the Florida Keys.
The Key West Citizen, 01/26/2026

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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. Lichen

A state of uncertainty or perplexity.

The arrangement of events in time

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

A person authorized to act as representative for another; a deputy.


2. Nebula

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

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

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

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


3. Bandolier

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

Self-examination.

To stress or emphasize; intensify

An ammunition belt, worn over the shoulder, having loops or pockets for cartridges.


4. Polygon

Of, relating to, or occurring in the night

Incorrectness of reasoning or belief

A closed plane figure bounded by three or more line segments.

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


5. Malignant

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

Inspiring awe, admiration, or wonder

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

Harmful, malevolent, injurious. Harmfully cancerous.


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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.