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 High 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. Deleterious

The process in cell division by which the nucleus divides.

Having a bad disposition; surly.

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

Having a harmful effect; injurious.


2. Soliloquy

A system of names used in an art or science:

A dramatic or literary form of discourse in which a character talks to himself or herself or reveals his or her thoughts without addressing a listener.

The use of obstructionist tactics, especially prolonged speechmaking, for the purpose of delaying legislative action.

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


3. Taxonomy

The use of unnecessarily wordy and indirect language.

Needless repetition of the same sense in different words; redundancy.

Division into ordered groups or categories.

To insert or introduce between other elements or parts.


4. Lugubrious

The lowest point

The basic unit of currency among participating European Union countries.

Interchanged, given, or owed to each other.

Mournful, dismal, or gloomy, especially to an exaggerated or ludicrous degree.


5. Reparation

Having one’s true identity concealed.

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

The side of a right triangle opposite the right angle.

Something done or paid to compensate or make amends.


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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.