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. Tsunami

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

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

To take in by elaborate methods of deceit

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


2. Technique

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

An unstable, poisonous allotrope of oxygen.

The systematic procedure by which a complex or scientific task is accomplished.

The distance that light travels in a vacuum in one year.


3. Maneuver

Incorrectness of reasoning or belief

A teacher and guide in spiritual and philosophical matters.

Appropriateness of behavior or conduct

A movement or procedure involving skill and dexterity.


4. Guerrilla

To proclaim publicly

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

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

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


5. Boycott

Of, relating to, or occurring in the night

To abstain from or act together in abstaining from using, buying, or dealing with as an expression of protest or disfavor or as a means of coercion

Marked by hearty conviviality and good cheer.

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


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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.