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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 

INCOMPREHENSIBLE

DEFINITION:
Impossible to understand or comprehend.

FOUND IN THE NEWS:
“What is incomprehensible is that the structure the Commission chose is now being used to justify not carrying out the monitoring at all,” she said.
The Key West Citizen, 04/06/2026

Words in the News Quiz
5 High 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. Irony

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

To insert or introduce between other elements or parts.

A plane curve formed by the intersection of a right circular cone and a plane parallel to an element of the cone.

The use of words to express something different from and often opposite to their literal meaning.


2. Recapitulate

Physics that deals with the relationships and conversions between heat and other forms of energy.

A temple tower of the ancient Assyrians and Babylonians, having the form of a terraced pyramid of successively receding stories.

Impossible to dispute; unquestionable

To repeat in concise form. To make a summary.


3. Reciprocal

To weaken or destroy the strength or vitality of.

Quickness, accuracy, and keenness of judgment or insight.

Interchanged, given, or owed to each other.

Clear to the understanding.


4. Paradigm

A set of assumptions, concepts, values, and practices that constitutes a way of viewing reality

Overbearing pride or presumption; arrogance.

An advocate of the extension of political voting rights, especially to women.

Of the same or similar nature or kind


5. Belie

An advocate of the extension of political voting rights, especially to women.

Of the same or similar nature or kind

Not interesting; dull:

To picture falsely; misrepresent.


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