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

Click on the correct answer in the quiz below.
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. Protagonist

Forfeiture of something highly valued for the sake of one considered to have a greater value or claim.

The main character in a drama or other literary work.

Similarity in some respects between things that are otherwise dissimilar.

The quality or state of being tranquil; serenity.


2. Formidable

To proclaim publicly

A teacher and guide in spiritual and philosophical matters.

Inspiring awe, admiration, or wonder

Being without or almost without hope


3. Heritage

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

A diffuse mass of interstellar dust or gas or both, visible as luminous patches or areas of darkness

Something that is passed down from preceding generations; a tradition.

An ammunition belt, worn over the shoulder, having loops or pockets for cartridges.


4. Light-Year

The distance that light travels in a vacuum in one year.

An intricate structure of interconnecting passages through which it is difficult to find one’s way; a maze.

Of or relating to the range of invisible radiation wavelengths from about 4 nanometers, on the border of the x-ray region, to about 380 nanometers, just beyond the violet in the visible spectrum.

Self-examination.


5. Participle

Self-examination.

Having a backbone or spinal column.

A form of a verb that in some languages, such as English, can function independently as an adjective.

The act of resting or the state of being at rest.


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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.