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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 

RENDERING

DEFINITION:
Giving something to someone.

FOUND IN THE NEWS:
The replay booth has been working overtime in the Stanley Cup Final, and the officials charged with rendering the final verdicts probably won’t be getting any comped dinners in Las Vegas anytime soon.
The Las Vegas Review-Journal, 06/08/2026

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. Strategy

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

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

In a deplorable state of distress or misfortune; miserable.

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


2. Lichen

Self-examination.

Something that is passed down from preceding generations; a tradition.

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

Exceeding the limits of propriety or good manners; improperly forward or bold


3. Quarantine

Enforced isolation or restriction of free movement imposed to prevent the spread of contagious disease.

Inspiring awe, admiration, or wonder

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

The repetition of the same sounds or of the same kinds of sounds at the beginning of words or in stressed syllables


4. Unanimous

The repetition of the same sounds or of the same kinds of sounds at the beginning of words or in stressed syllables

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

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

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


5. Kilometer

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

The branch of biology that deals with animals and animal life, including the study of the structure, physiology, development, and classification of animals.

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

Any of several rod-shaped bacteria, of the genus Salmonella, that cause food poisoning and other diseases.


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