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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1. Accentuate

► Relating to a system of writing, such as that of ancient Egypt, in which pictorial symbols are used to represent meaning or sounds or a combination of meaning and sound.

► To stress or emphasize; intensify

► Consuming or eager to consume great amounts of food; ravenous.

► A movement or procedure involving skill and dexterity.

2. Salmonella

► Of or relating to the range of invisible radiation wavelengths from about 4 nanometers, on the border of the x-ray region, to about 380 nanometers, just beyond the violet in the visible spectrum.

► The repetition of the same sounds or of the same kinds of sounds at the beginning of words or in stressed syllables

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

► One that is inconvenient, annoying, or vexatious; a bother.

3. Hypocrisy

► Having or demonstrating enthusiasm

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

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

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

4. Virtuoso

► A disorderly commotion or disturbance.

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

► A person with masterly skill or technique in the arts.

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

5. Toxin

► A grotesque ornamental figure or projection.

► To abstain from or act together in abstaining from using, buying, or dealing with as an expression of protest or disfavor or as a means of coercion

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

► A poisonous substance, especially a protein, that is produced by living cells or organisms.

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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.