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. Divulge

An unstable, poisonous allotrope of oxygen.

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

The right or privilege of voting; franchise.

To proclaim publicly


2. Renegade

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

One who rejects a religion, cause, allegiance, or group for another; a deserter.

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.


3. Inference

To pound, crush, or grind to a powder or dust.

The act of reasoning from factual knowledge or evidence.

The practice of professing beliefs, feelings, or virtues that one does not hold or possess; falseness.

A schedule of prices or fees.


4. Tranquility

To stress or emphasize; intensify

Consuming or eager to consume great amounts of food; ravenous.

The quality or state of being tranquil; serenity.

A fungus, usually of the class Ascomycetes, that grows symbiotically with algae,


5. Plateau

Marked by hearty conviviality and good cheer.

In a deplorable state of distress or misfortune; miserable.

An elevated, comparatively level expanse of land; a tableland.

To condescend to give or grant


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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.