Words in the News

This Week's Word In The News 

PIGMENT

DEFINITION:
A substance that imparts black, white, or a color to other materials.

FOUND IN THE NEWS:
Pea-soup green pigment floated where the water met the shore on Eagle Nest Lake on Tuesday, while bright, turquoise pigment stained the south boat ramp.
The Albuquerque Journal, 10/27/2025

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1. Strategy

Any of various nonplacental mammals, including kangaroos, opossums, bandicoots, and wombats, found principally in Australia and the Americas.

An alteration or change, as in nature, form, or quality.

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

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


2. Pulverize

The right or privilege of voting; franchise.

Having a backbone or spinal column.

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

To pound, crush, or grind to a powder or dust.


3. Ellipse

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

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

A prohibition by a government on certain or all trade with a foreign nation

Loud, noisy, and lacking in restraint or discipline


4. Random

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

Having no specific pattern, purpose, or objective.

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

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


5. Lichen

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

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.

Similarity in some respects between things that are otherwise dissimilar.

To cringe in fear


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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.