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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.
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

Words in the News Quiz
5 High School Words

Click on the correct answer in the quiz below.
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. Precipitous

A system of names used in an art or science:

Extremely rapid, hasty, or abrupt; precipitate.

Lacking serious purpose or occupation; idle.

To make an accusation against.


2. Orthography

The art or study of correct spelling according to established usage.

To separate or get rid of (an undesirable part); eliminate.

To impress (something) upon the mind of another by frequent instruction or repetition; instill.

The science and technology of building electronic circuits and devices from single atoms and molecules.


3. Usurp

The science and technology of building electronic circuits and devices from single atoms and molecules.

To certify or attest to (the validity of a signature on a document, for example) as a notary public.

To seize another’s place, authority, or possession wrongfully.

Eating and drinking in moderation.


4. Equinox

An underlying base or foundation especially for an organization or system.

The side of a right triangle opposite the right angle.

Either of two points on the celestial sphere at which the ecliptic intersects the celestial equator.

Physics that deals with the relationships and conversions between heat and other forms of energy.


5. Gamete

To abolish, do away with, or annul, especially by authority.

A reproductive cell having the haploid number of chromosomes, especially a mature sperm or egg capable of fusing with a gamete of the opposite sex to produce the fertilized egg.

Of or relating to money

A form of government in which the political authority exercises absolute and centralized control over all aspects of life,


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