Words in the News

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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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. Cower

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

► To cringe in fear

► One that speaks for, represents, or advocates

► The right or privilege of voting; franchise.

2. Tumult

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

► Exceeding the limits of propriety or good manners; improperly forward or bold

► A disorderly commotion or disturbance.

► To take in by elaborate methods of deceit

3. Embargo

► A prohibition by a government on certain or all trade with a foreign nation

► The practice of professing beliefs, feelings, or virtues that one does not hold or possess; falseness.

► A teacher and guide in spiritual and philosophical matters.

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

4. Hologram

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

► The food-conducting tissue of vascular plants, consisting of sieve tubes, fibers, parenchyma, and sclereids.

► An embankment built to prevent flooding

► A preparation of a weakened or killed pathogen.

5. Divulge

► An embankment built to prevent flooding

► A preparation of a weakened or killed pathogen.

► A conventional, formulaic, and oversimplified conception, opinion, or image.

► To proclaim publicly

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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.