Words in the News

This Week's Word In The News 

SITUATED

DEFINITION:
Having a site, situation, or location.

FOUND IN THE NEWS:
If the Netflix deal goes through, it could have implications for New Mexico, with one of Netflix’s major facilities situated in Albuquerque’s Mesa del Sol community, local industry experts say.
The Albuquerque Journal, 01/12/2026

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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. Yacht

To proclaim publicly

Either of two times of the year when the sun is at its greatest distance from the celestial equator.

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

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


2. Heritage

A conventional, formulaic, and oversimplified conception, opinion, or image.

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

The method or result of concealing personnel or equipment from an enemy by making them appear to be part of the natural surroundings

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


3. Tumult

A disorderly commotion or disturbance.

To stress or emphasize; intensify

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

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


4. Exponent

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

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

One that speaks for, represents, or advocates

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


5. Virtuoso

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

A person with masterly skill or technique in the arts.

An elevated, comparatively level expanse of land; a tableland.

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


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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.