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PIGMENT

DEFINITION:
A substance that imparts black, white, or a color to other materials.

FOUND IN THE NEWS:
Pea-soup green pigment floated where the water met the shore on Eagle Nest Lake on Tuesday, while bright, turquoise pigment stained the south boat ramp.
►The Albuquerque Journal, 10/27/2025

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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. Eclectic

► To stress or emphasize; intensify

► A cult or religious movement, a group sharing particular (often unorthodox) political and/or religious beliefs.

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

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

2. Delegate

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

► A person authorized to act as representative for another; a deputy.

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

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

3. Mutation

► To rejoice greatly; be jubilant or triumphant

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

► The science and art of using all the forces of a nation to execute approved plans as effectively as possible during peace or war.

► An embankment built to prevent flooding

4. Ozone

► An elevated, comparatively level expanse of land; a tableland.

► An unstable, poisonous allotrope of oxygen.

► Having a buoyant or self-confident air; brisk.

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

5. Renegade

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

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

► The supporting and water-conducting tissue of vascular plants, consisting primarily of tracheids and vessels; woody tissue.

► Conversation between characters in a drama or narrative

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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.