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This Week's Word In The News 

SIMLUATED

DEFINITION:
Made to look like or have the features of something else.

FOUND IN THE NEWS:
Here’s the full simluated injury report:
The Boston Herald, 02/02/2026

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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. Nebula

To swing indecisively from one course of action or opinion to another.

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

An embankment built to prevent flooding

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


2. Renaissance

A preparation of a weakened or killed pathogen.

A rebirth or revival.

One that speaks for, represents, or advocates

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


3. Tumult

A disorderly commotion or disturbance.

To stress or emphasize; intensify

Any of various relatively small sailing or motor-driven vessels used for pleasure cruises or racing.

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


4. Inference

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

The act of reasoning from factual knowledge or evidence.

To take in by elaborate methods of deceit

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


5. Hieroglyphic

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

To proclaim publicly

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

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.


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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.