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. Tariff

The distribution of energy emitted by a radiant source, arranged in order of wavelengths.

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.

Any of various nonplacental mammals, including kangaroos, opossums, bandicoots, and wombats, found principally in Australia and the Americas.

A schedule of prices or fees.


2. Camouflage

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

One that is inconvenient, annoying, or vexatious; a bother.

A person with masterly skill or technique in the arts.

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


3. Kilometer

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

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

Similarity in some respects between things that are otherwise dissimilar.

To abstain from or act together in abstaining from using, buying, or dealing with as an expression of protest or disfavor or as a means of coercion


4. Undulate

To move in waves or with a smooth, wavelike motion.

Having no specific pattern, purpose, or objective.

Selecting or employing individual elements from a variety of sources, systems, or styles

Appropriateness of behavior or conduct


5. Guerrilla

Selecting or employing individual elements from a variety of sources, systems, or styles

Appropriateness of behavior or conduct

A disorderly commotion or disturbance.

A member of an irregular, usually indigenous military or paramilitary unit operating in small bands in occupied territory to harass and undermine the enemy


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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.