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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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1. Parasite

► A Y-shaped protein on the surface of B cells that is secreted into the blood or lymph in response to an antigenic stimulus

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

► Appropriateness of behavior or conduct

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

2. Salmonella

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

► The systematic procedure by which a complex or scientific task is accomplished.

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

► Any of several rod-shaped bacteria, of the genus Salmonella, that cause food poisoning and other diseases.

3. Marsupial

► The drawing of a conclusion by reasoning; the act of deducing.

► Any of various nonplacental mammals, including kangaroos, opossums, bandicoots, and wombats, found principally in Australia and the Americas.

► Marked by hearty conviviality and good cheer.

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

4. Enthusiastic

► The locus of points for which the sum of the distances from each point to two fixed points is equal

► Having or demonstrating enthusiasm

► Self-examination.

► Having no specific pattern, purpose, or objective.

5. Levee

► An embankment built to prevent flooding

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

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

► Similarity in some respects between things that are otherwise dissimilar.

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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.