Words in the News

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 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. Temblor

► To impress (something) upon the mind of another by frequent instruction or repetition; instill.

► A circular strand of DNA in bacteria that contains the hereditary information necessary for cell life.

► Shaking and vibration at the surface of the earth resulting from underground movement along a fault plane.

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

2. Infrastructure

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

► To endow with the rights of citizenship, especially the right to vote.

► An underlying base or foundation especially for an organization or system.

► A marked change in appearance, character, condition, or function.

3. Quotidian

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

► Of or relating to money

► Falling off or shed at a specific season or stage of growth:

► Everyday; commonplace.

4. Obsequious

► Full of or exhibiting servile compliance; fawning.

► Feeling or showing haughty disdain.

► A factor that determines a range of variations; a boundary

► Deception by trickery or sophistry.

5. Orthography

► Noninterference in the affairs of others.

► The art or study of correct spelling according to established usage.

► Playfully jocular; humorous

► Government by a few, especially by a small faction of persons or families.

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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.