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This Week's Word In The News 

ROOSTER TAIL

DEFINITION:
A high-arching spray (as of water, dust, or snow) thrown up behind a fast-moving motorboat, motor vehicle, or skier.

FOUND IN THE NEWS:
A second red flag was waved during the fifth race of the day when Rollin Transport got into a rooster tail on the turn of the first lap, resulting in the boat going onto its side before flipping.
The Key West Citizen, 11/10/2025

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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. Phloem

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

To proclaim publicly

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

Having a buoyant or self-confident air; brisk.


2. Vaccine

One that speaks for, represents, or advocates

A preparation of a weakened or killed pathogen.

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

The drawing of a conclusion by reasoning; the act of deducing.


3. Nuisance

The drawing of a conclusion by reasoning; the act of deducing.

A form of a verb that in some languages, such as English, can function independently as an adjective.

Having or demonstrating enthusiasm

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


4. Strategy

Inspiring awe, admiration, or wonder

A state of uncertainty or perplexity.

To abstain from or act together in abstaining from using, buying, or dealing with as an expression of protest or disfavor or as a means of coercion

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


5. Immune

The right or privilege of voting; franchise.

Not subject to an obligation imposed on others; exempt.

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

A person with masterly skill or technique in the arts.


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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.