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. Bamboozle

► To take in by elaborate methods of deceit

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

► A preparation of a weakened or killed pathogen.

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

2. Delegate

► A preparation of a weakened or killed pathogen.

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

► 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.

► A person authorized to act as representative for another; a deputy.

3. Jovial

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

► Marked by hearty conviviality and good cheer.

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

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

4. Sect

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

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

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

► The right or privilege of voting; franchise.

5. Quarantine

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

► Any of various relatively small sailing or motor-driven vessels used for pleasure cruises or racing.

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

► The arrangement of events in time

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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.