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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 

DISABILITY

DEFINITION:
A physical, mental, cognitive, or developmental condition that makes it more difficult for a person to do certain tasks or participate in daily activities.

FOUND IN THE NEWS:
The agreement last week between Disability-rights groups and Secretary of State Shirley Weber follows an Oct. 2 ruling by U.S. Magistrate Judge Sallie Kim of San Francisco that the current system violates the Americans with Disabilities Act and other laws.
►San Francisco Chronicle, 11/02/2026

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. Flourish

► The locus of points for which the sum of the distances from each point to two fixed points is equal

► Inspiring awe, admiration, or wonder

► A Y-shaped protein on the surface of B cells that is secreted into the blood or lymph in response to an antigenic stimulus

► To grow well or luxuriantly; thrive


2. Divulge

► To proclaim publicly

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

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

► The supporting and water-conducting tissue of vascular plants, consisting primarily of tracheids and vessels; woody tissue.


3. Strategy

► The supporting and water-conducting tissue of vascular plants, consisting primarily of tracheids and vessels; woody tissue.

► Marked by hearty conviviality and good cheer.

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

► Self-examination.


4. Alliteration

► Being without or almost without hope

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

► A schedule of prices or fees.

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


5. Wretched

► A relationship of mutual benefit or dependence.

► In a deplorable state of distress or misfortune; miserable.

► An intricate structure of interconnecting passages through which it is difficult to find one’s way; a maze.

► A rebirth or revival.


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