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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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1. Alliteration

Having no specific pattern, purpose, or objective.

The food-conducting tissue of vascular plants, consisting of sieve tubes, fibers, parenchyma, and sclereids.

To stress or emphasize; intensify

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


2. Analogy

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.

An embankment built to prevent flooding

Similarity in some respects between things that are otherwise dissimilar.

An ammunition belt, worn over the shoulder, having loops or pockets for cartridges.


3. Sect

A rebirth or revival.

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

One that takes in everything available, as with the mind.

A cult or religious movement, a group sharing particular (often unorthodox) political and/or religious beliefs.


4. Rainforest

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

The act of reasoning from factual knowledge or evidence.

Having a backbone or spinal column.

A poisonous substance, especially a protein, that is produced by living cells or organisms.


5. Parasite

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

One who habitually takes advantage of the generosity of others without making any useful return.

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

A Y-shaped protein on the surface of B cells that is secreted into the blood or lymph in response to an antigenic stimulus


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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.