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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

Click on the correct answer in the quiz below.
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. Dialogue

Conversation between characters in a drama or narrative

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

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

The distribution of energy emitted by a radiant source, arranged in order of wavelengths.


2. Nocturnal

The distribution of energy emitted by a radiant source, arranged in order of wavelengths.

To cringe in fear

Of, relating to, or occurring in the night

An ammunition belt, worn over the shoulder, having loops or pockets for cartridges.


3. Metaphor

To have a great ambition or ultimate goal

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

One thing conceived as representing another; a symbol.

The drawing of a conclusion by reasoning; the act of deducing.


4. Impertinent

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

Forfeiture of something highly valued for the sake of one considered to have a greater value or claim.

A teacher and guide in spiritual and philosophical matters.

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


5. Inference

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

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

The act of reasoning from factual knowledge or evidence.

Strikingly unconventional and far-fetched in style or appearance; odd


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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.