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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. Strategy

The science and art of using all the forces of a nation to execute approved plans as effectively as possible during peace or war.

Having no specific pattern, purpose, or objective.

The quality or state of being tranquil; serenity.

Consuming or eager to consume great amounts of food; ravenous.


2. Antibody

Consuming or eager to consume great amounts of food; ravenous.

Marked by hearty conviviality and good cheer.

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

One thing conceived as representing another; a symbol.


3. Technique

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

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

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


4. Plateau

Not subject to an obligation imposed on others; exempt.

An elevated, comparatively level expanse of land; a tableland.

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

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


5. Formidable

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

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

A preparation of a weakened or killed pathogen.

Inspiring awe, admiration, or wonder


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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.