Words in the News

This Week's Word In The News 

SITUATED

DEFINITION:
Having a site, situation, or location.

FOUND IN THE NEWS:
If the Netflix deal goes through, it could have implications for New Mexico, with one of Netflix’s major facilities situated in Albuquerque’s Mesa del Sol community, local industry experts say.
►The Albuquerque Journal, 01/12/2026

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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. Camouflage

► To swing indecisively from one course of action or opinion to another.

► The pattern produced on a photosensitive medium that has been exposed by holography and then photographically developed.

► The method or result of concealing personnel or equipment from an enemy by making them appear to be part of the natural surroundings

► Any of several rod-shaped bacteria, of the genus Salmonella, that cause food poisoning and other diseases.

2. Impertinent

► One thing conceived as representing another; a symbol.

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

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

► A characteristic rate or rhythm of activity; a pace

3. Ellipse

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

► Having or demonstrating enthusiasm

► 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.

► A preparation of a weakened or killed pathogen.

4. Kilometer

► A preparation of a weakened or killed pathogen.

► Not subject to an obligation imposed on others; exempt.

► A metric unit of length equal to 1,000 meters (0.62 mile).

► Harmful, malevolent, injurious. Harmfully cancerous.

5. Labyrinth

► An intricate structure of interconnecting passages through which it is difficult to find one’s way; a maze.

► An unstable, poisonous allotrope of oxygen.

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

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

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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.