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. Vortex

► The lowest point

► Put together; created.

► Something done or paid to compensate or make amends.

► A place or situation regarded as drawing into its center all that surrounds it.

2. Jejune

► Having a harmful effect; injurious.

► Noninterference in the affairs of others.

► Not interesting; dull:

► Of or relating to money

3. Homogeneous

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

► The predominant influence, as of a state, region, or group, over another or others.

► Of the same or similar nature or kind

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

4. Temblor

► The act or process of inhaling and exhaling; breathing.

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

► Attended by favorable circumstances; propitious.

► Shaking and vibration at the surface of the earth resulting from underground movement along a fault plane.

5. Plasma

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

► The clear, yellowish fluid portion of blood, lymph, or intramuscular fluid in which cells are suspended.

► To proceed completely around:

► 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.

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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.