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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. Typhoon

A weather phenomenon in the Eastern Pacific that is precisely equivalent to a hurricane.

To grow well or luxuriantly; thrive

Something that is passed down from preceding generations; a tradition.

A very large and destructive wave, generally caused by a tremendous disturbance in the ocean, such as an undersea earthquake or volcanic eruption.


2. Vacillate

A very large and destructive wave, generally caused by a tremendous disturbance in the ocean, such as an undersea earthquake or volcanic eruption.

One that speaks for, represents, or advocates

To swing indecisively from one course of action or opinion to another.

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


3. Symbiosis

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

A poisonous substance, especially a protein, that is produced by living cells or organisms.

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

A relationship of mutual benefit or dependence.


4. Bandolier

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

The pattern produced on a photosensitive medium that has been exposed by holography and then photographically developed.

The repetition of the same sounds or of the same kinds of sounds at the beginning of words or in stressed syllables

The act of reasoning from factual knowledge or evidence.


5. Analogy

The act of reasoning from factual knowledge or evidence.

A preparation of a weakened or killed pathogen.

Similarity in some respects between things that are otherwise dissimilar.

A form of a verb that in some languages, such as English, can function independently as an adjective.


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