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. Mutation

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

► To honor the memory of with a ceremony

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

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

2. Technique

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

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

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

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

3. Yacht

► Any of various relatively small sailing or motor-driven vessels used for pleasure cruises or racing.

► Having a buoyant or self-confident air; brisk.

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

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

4. Guru

► A teacher and guide in spiritual and philosophical matters.

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

► The quality or state of being tranquil; serenity.

► A rebirth or revival.

5. Random

► Having no specific pattern, purpose, or objective.

► Strikingly unconventional and far-fetched in style or appearance; odd

► To take in by elaborate methods of deceit

► To grow well or luxuriantly; thrive

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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.