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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 

INFLUENCER

DEFINITION:
Someone who uses their online reputation to prompt people to buy things.

FOUND IN THE NEWS:
“We have a lot of influencers who’ve come in and a lot of community members who have seen us through social media and come in and sell,” said Jessica Lucero, owner of In The Middle.
The Albuquerque Journal, 08/17/2026

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. Typhoon

A schedule of prices or fees.

A weather phenomenon in the Eastern Pacific that is precisely equivalent to a hurricane.

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

To grow well or luxuriantly; thrive


2. Spectrum

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

A disorderly commotion or disturbance.

The distribution of energy emitted by a radiant source, arranged in order of wavelengths.

A teacher and guide in spiritual and philosophical matters.


3. Tsunami

The distance that light travels in a vacuum in one year.

One who habitually takes advantage of the generosity of others without making any useful return.

To proclaim publicly

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


4. Nuisance

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

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

Not subject to an obligation imposed on others; exempt.

A preparation of a weakened or killed pathogen.


5. Chronology

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

The arrangement of events in time

An embankment built to prevent flooding

Having a backbone or spinal column.


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