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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. Kinetic

► A person unduly fearful or contemptuous of that which is foreign, especially of strangers or foreign peoples.

► To increase the positive charge or valence of (an element) by removing electrons.

► An advocate of the extension of political voting rights, especially to women.

► Of, relating to, or produced by motion.

2. Soliloquy

► A stock of terms used in a particular profession, subject, or style; a vocabulary:

► A dramatic or literary form of discourse in which a character talks to himself or herself or reveals his or her thoughts without addressing a listener.

► The art or study of correct spelling according to established usage.

► Belonging to the period before a war, especially the American Civil War.

3. Chromosome

► To weaken or destroy the strength or vitality of.

► The science and technology of building electronic circuits and devices from single atoms and molecules.

► A circular strand of DNA in bacteria that contains the hereditary information necessary for cell life.

► Having one’s true identity concealed.

4. Photosynthesis

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

► The process in green plants and certain other organisms by which carbohydrates are synthesized from carbon dioxide and water using light as an energy source.

► Having a bad disposition; surly.

► Extremely rapid, hasty, or abrupt; precipitate.

5. Circumnavigate

► To proceed completely around:

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

► To divide (a geographic area) into voting districts so as to give unfair advantage to one party in elections.

► The use of obstructionist tactics, especially prolonged speechmaking, for the purpose of delaying legislative action.

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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.