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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. Silhouette

Self-examination.

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

Of, relating to, or occurring in the night

A characteristic rate or rhythm of activity; a pace


2. Formidable

Similarity in some respects between things that are otherwise dissimilar.

Inspiring awe, admiration, or wonder

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

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


3. Embargo

An unstable, poisonous allotrope of oxygen.

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

A form of a verb that in some languages, such as English, can function independently as an adjective.

Having a backbone or spinal column.


4. Tundra

The supporting and water-conducting tissue of vascular plants, consisting primarily of tracheids and vessels; woody tissue.

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

A diffuse mass of interstellar dust or gas or both, visible as luminous patches or areas of darkness

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


5. Rainforest

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

Either of two times of the year when the sun is at its greatest distance from the celestial equator.

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

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


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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.