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. Silhouette

A weather phenomenon in the Eastern Pacific that is precisely equivalent to a hurricane.

A drawing consisting of the outline of something, especially a human profile, filled in with a solid color.

A disorderly commotion or disturbance.

The branch of biology that deals with animals and animal life, including the study of the structure, physiology, development, and classification of animals.


2. Omnivore

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

Using or marked by the use of few words; terse or concise.

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

To cringe in fear


3. Nuisance

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

To cringe in fear

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

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


4. Kilometer

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

Being without or almost without hope

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

Appropriateness of behavior or conduct


5. Voracious

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

Consuming or eager to consume great amounts of food; ravenous.

A very large and destructive wave, generally caused by a tremendous disturbance in the ocean, such as an undersea earthquake or volcanic eruption.

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


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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.