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. Parasite

Inspiring awe, admiration, or wonder

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

To take in by elaborate methods of deceit

A characteristic rate or rhythm of activity; a pace


2. Hologram

A characteristic rate or rhythm of activity; a pace

To honor the memory of with a ceremony

The distribution of energy emitted by a radiant source, arranged in order of wavelengths.

The pattern produced on a photosensitive medium that has been exposed by holography and then photographically developed.


3. Maneuver

Harmful, malevolent, injurious. Harmfully cancerous.

A movement or procedure involving skill and dexterity.

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

To move back or away from a limit, point, or mark


4. Polygon

A person with masterly skill or technique in the arts.

A closed plane figure bounded by three or more line segments.

The main character in a drama or other literary work.

Strikingly unconventional and far-fetched in style or appearance; odd


5. Despondent

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

The quality or state of being tranquil; serenity.

Being without or almost without hope

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


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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.