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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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1. Nebula

Any of various nonplacental mammals, including kangaroos, opossums, bandicoots, and wombats, found principally in Australia and the Americas.

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

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

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


2. Ultraviolet

The method or result of concealing personnel or equipment from an enemy by making them appear to be part of the natural surroundings

A rebirth or revival.

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

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.


3. Inference

The supporting and water-conducting tissue of vascular plants, consisting primarily of tracheids and vessels; woody tissue.

The act of reasoning from factual knowledge or evidence.

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

A closed plane figure bounded by three or more line segments.


4. Gargoyle

A closed plane figure bounded by three or more line segments.

Being without or almost without hope

A relationship of mutual benefit or dependence.

A grotesque ornamental figure or projection.


5. Sacrifice

To condescend to give or grant

A Y-shaped protein on the surface of B cells that is secreted into the blood or lymph in response to an antigenic stimulus

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

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


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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.