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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 

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

Words in the News Quiz
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. Recede

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

One thing conceived as representing another; a symbol.

Of, relating to, or occurring in the night

A characteristic rate or rhythm of activity; a pace


2. Analogy

Of, relating to, or occurring in the night

A characteristic rate or rhythm of activity; a pace

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.

Similarity in some respects between things that are otherwise dissimilar.


3. Outrageous

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

An unstable, poisonous allotrope of oxygen.

Grossly offensive to decency or morality.

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


4. Gargoyle

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

A grotesque ornamental figure or projection.

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

Conversation between characters in a drama or narrative


5. Kilometer

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

Selecting or employing individual elements from a variety of sources, systems, or styles

To pound, crush, or grind to a powder or dust.

The science and art of using all the forces of a nation to execute approved plans as effectively as possible during peace or war.


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