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This Week's Word In The News 

WILDFIRE

DEFINITION:
An unplanned and uncontrolled fire in an area of combustible vegetation.

FOUND IN THE NEWS:
It was not yet clear how the wildfires started, but a long drought, low humidity and strong winds were fueling them.
The Key West Citizen, 04/27/2026

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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. Renegade

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

Inspiring awe, admiration, or wonder

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

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


2. Tumult

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

The act of reasoning from factual knowledge or evidence.

A disorderly commotion or disturbance.

The arrangement of events in time


3. Quarantine

A poisonous substance, especially a protein, that is produced by living cells or organisms.

In a deplorable state of distress or misfortune; miserable.

To move in waves or with a smooth, wavelike motion.

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


4. Immune

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

Not subject to an obligation imposed on others; exempt.

The systematic procedure by which a complex or scientific task is accomplished.

To stress or emphasize; intensify


5. Introspection

One that is inconvenient, annoying, or vexatious; a bother.

Self-examination.

To honor the memory of with a ceremony

A preparation of a weakened or killed pathogen.


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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.