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 Middle School Words

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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. Yacht

► The practice of professing beliefs, feelings, or virtues that one does not hold or possess; falseness.

► The distribution of energy emitted by a radiant source, arranged in order of wavelengths.

► A treeless area between the icecap and the tree line of Arctic regions, having a permanently frozen subsoil and supporting low-growing vegetation

► Any of various relatively small sailing or motor-driven vessels used for pleasure cruises or racing.

2. Solstice

► Either of two times of the year when the sun is at its greatest distance from the celestial equator.

► To proclaim publicly

► A relationship of mutual benefit or dependence.

► The systematic procedure by which a complex or scientific task is accomplished.

3. Tumult

► A relationship of mutual benefit or dependence.

► The systematic procedure by which a complex or scientific task is accomplished.

► To rejoice greatly; be jubilant or triumphant

► A disorderly commotion or disturbance.

4. Formidable

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

► Inspiring awe, admiration, or wonder

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

► To cringe in fear

5. Tranquility

► The quality or state of being tranquil; serenity.

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

► Incorrectness of reasoning or belief

► A person with masterly skill or technique in the arts.

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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.