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This Week's Word In The News 

ACQUAINTANCE

DEFINITION:
A person one knows slightly, but who is not a close friend.

FOUND IN THE NEWS:
When photographer Peter Turnley was just 20 years old, an acquaintance from the California Office of Economic Opportunity reached out to him with a question.
The Los Angeles Times, 12/01/2025

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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. Omnivore

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

One that takes in everything available, as with the mind.

Strikingly unconventional and far-fetched in style or appearance; odd

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


2. Exult

To rejoice greatly; be jubilant or triumphant

To cringe in fear

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

Conversation between characters in a drama or narrative


3. Guerrilla

Conversation between characters in a drama or narrative

Of, relating to, or occurring in the night

A member of an irregular, usually indigenous military or paramilitary unit operating in small bands in occupied territory to harass and undermine the enemy

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


4. Exponent

In a deplorable state of distress or misfortune; miserable.

Similarity in some respects between things that are otherwise dissimilar.

One that speaks for, represents, or advocates

Grossly offensive to decency or morality.


5. Mosaic

To stress or emphasize; intensify

A picture or decorative design made by setting small colored pieces, as of stone or tile, into a surface.

To take in by elaborate methods of deceit

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


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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.