Words in the News

This Week's Word In The News 

LITIGANT

DEFINITION:
Someone involved in a lawsuit.

FOUND IN THE NEWS:
With the widespread and transformative use of artificial intelligence — particularly generative AI — in daily life, federal and state courts in New Mexico are finding self-represented litigants and some attorneys filing legal cases containing false or misleading information.
The Albuquerque Journal, 04/13/2026

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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. Ultraviolet

Of or relating to the range of invisible radiation wavelengths from about 4 nanometers, on the border of the x-ray region, to about 380 nanometers, just beyond the violet in the visible spectrum.

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

A rebirth or revival.

To condescend to give or grant


2. Mutation

A rebirth or revival.

To condescend to give or grant

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

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


3. Accentuate

To stress or emphasize; intensify

Having no specific pattern, purpose, or objective.

A relationship of mutual benefit or dependence.

Appropriateness of behavior or conduct


4. Renegade

A relationship of mutual benefit or dependence.

Appropriateness of behavior or conduct

To have a great ambition or ultimate goal

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


5. Vertebrate

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

Having a backbone or spinal column.

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

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


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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.