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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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 picture or decorative design made by setting small colored pieces, as of stone or tile, into a surface.

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

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

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

2. Protagonist

► The main character in a drama or other literary work.

► Conversation between characters in a drama or narrative

► A rebirth or revival.

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

3. Jaunty

► A rebirth or revival.

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

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

► Having a buoyant or self-confident air; brisk.

4. Vaccine

► A preparation of a weakened or killed pathogen.

► A teacher and guide in spiritual and philosophical matters.

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

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

5. Quandary

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

► A state of uncertainty or perplexity.

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

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

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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.