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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.
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

Words in the News Quiz
5 High 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. Circumlocution

Eating and drinking in moderation.

The act or process of inhaling and exhaling; breathing.

A stock of terms used in a particular profession, subject, or style; a vocabulary:

The use of unnecessarily wordy and indirect language.


2. Winnow

The process in cell division by which the nucleus divides.

The process in green plants and certain other organisms by which carbohydrates are synthesized from carbon dioxide and water using light as an energy source.

Lacking or marked by a lack of self-confidence; shy and timid.

To separate or get rid of (an undesirable part); eliminate.


3. Quotidian

Everyday; commonplace.

Overbearing pride or presumption; arrogance.

Lacking serious purpose or occupation; idle.

Attended by favorable circumstances; propitious.


4. Polymer

Lacking serious purpose or occupation; idle.

Attended by favorable circumstances; propitious.

Of or relating to a holding of something in trust for another.

Any of numerous natural and synthetic compounds consisting of up to millions of repeated linked units,


5. Yeoman

A diligent, dependable worker.

Lacking purpose or vitality; feeble or ineffective.

A product of disintegration, destruction, or wearing away; debris.

The use of obstructionist tactics, especially prolonged speechmaking, for the purpose of delaying legislative action.


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