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. Nocturnal

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

To condescend to give or grant

Of, relating to, or occurring in the night

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


2. Eclectic

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

Selecting or employing individual elements from a variety of sources, systems, or styles

The right or privilege of voting; franchise.

Relating to a system of writing, such as that of ancient Egypt, in which pictorial symbols are used to represent meaning or sounds or a combination of meaning and sound.


3. Virtuoso

A person with masterly skill or technique in the arts.

In a deplorable state of distress or misfortune; miserable.

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

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


4. Chronology

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

The distribution of energy emitted by a radiant source, arranged in order of wavelengths.

The arrangement of events in time

A state of uncertainty or perplexity.


5. Repose

A dense evergreen forest occupying a tropical region with an annual rainfall of at least 100 inches.

Appropriateness of behavior or conduct

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

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


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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.