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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.
This Week's Word In The News 

FOOTHOLD

DEFINITION:
A position usable as a base for further advance.

FOUND IN THE NEWS:
Growing national anxiety over the impact of massive data centers on communities has found a foothold in Greater Boston in the form of Markley’s Lowell location.
The Boston Herald, 08/10/2026

Words in the News Quiz
5 Middle School Words

Click on the correct answer in the quiz below.
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. Tundra

To honor the memory of with a ceremony

A treeless area between the icecap and the tree line of Arctic regions, having a permanently frozen subsoil and supporting low-growing vegetation

The act of reasoning from factual knowledge or evidence.

The act of resting or the state of being at rest.


2. Embargo

A prohibition by a government on certain or all trade with a foreign nation

A movement or procedure involving skill and dexterity.

Having no specific pattern, purpose, or objective.

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


3. Lichen

Having no specific pattern, purpose, or objective.

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

Sharing the same opinions or views; being in complete harmony or accord.

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


4. Tsunami

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

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

A drawing consisting of the outline of something, especially a human profile, filled in with a solid color.

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


5. Kilometer

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

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

Having a buoyant or self-confident air; brisk.

Grossly offensive to decency or morality.


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