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This Week's Word In The News 

CONDOLENCE

DEFINITION:
An expression of sympathy, especially on the occasion of a death.

FOUND IN THE NEWS:
President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden extended their “deepest condolences” to Comperatore’s family.
The Morning Cal, 07/15/2024

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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. Bizarre

A characteristic rate or rhythm of activity; a pace

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

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

Forfeiture of something highly valued for the sake of one considered to have a greater value or claim.


2. Decorum

Appropriateness of behavior or conduct

Loud, noisy, and lacking in restraint or discipline

One that takes in everything available, as with the mind.

Of, relating to, or occurring in the night


3. Phloem

Of, relating to, or occurring in the night

The right or privilege of voting; franchise.

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

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.


4. Xylem

A metric unit of length equal to 1,000 meters (0.62 mile).

Self-examination.

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

Having a buoyant or self-confident air; brisk.


5. Mutation

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

To rejoice greatly; be jubilant or triumphant

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

The locus of points for which the sum of the distances from each point to two fixed points is equal


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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.