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. Solstice

The quality or state of being tranquil; serenity.

An alteration or change, as in nature, form, or quality.

Either of two times of the year when the sun is at its greatest distance from the celestial equator.

To condescend to give or grant


2. Alliteration

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

One who habitually takes advantage of the generosity of others without making any useful return.

A preparation of a weakened or killed pathogen.

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


3. Nuisance

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

Of, relating to, or occurring in the night

Having or demonstrating enthusiasm

Similarity in some respects between things that are otherwise dissimilar.


4. Omnivore

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

One that takes in everything available, as with the mind.

The arrangement of events in time

Any of various relatively small sailing or motor-driven vessels used for pleasure cruises or racing.


5. Stereotype

To honor the memory of with a ceremony

A movement or procedure involving skill and dexterity.

A conventional, formulaic, and oversimplified conception, opinion, or image.

Having no specific pattern, purpose, or objective.


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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.