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. Quarantine

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

► Enforced isolation or restriction of free movement imposed to prevent the spread of contagious disease.

► A treeless area between the icecap and the tree line of Arctic regions, having a permanently frozen subsoil and supporting low-growing vegetation

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

2. Lichen

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

► A fungus, usually of the class Ascomycetes, that grows symbiotically with algae,

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

► To pound, crush, or grind to a powder or dust.

3. Silhouette

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

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

► Sharing the same opinions or views; being in complete harmony or accord.

► Either of two times of the year when the sun is at its greatest distance from the celestial equator.

4. Eclectic

► Sharing the same opinions or views; being in complete harmony or accord.

► Either of two times of the year when the sun is at its greatest distance from the celestial equator.

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

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

5. Immune

► A relationship of mutual benefit or dependence.

► Not subject to an obligation imposed on others; exempt.

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

► Harmful, malevolent, injurious. Harmfully cancerous.

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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.