Words in the News

This Week's Word In The News 

RESPIRATORY

DEFINITION:
Relating to breathing.

FOUND IN THE NEWS:
They weren’t warned to wear respiratory and other personal protection because the burning composite materials from the F-35 stealth fighter were releasing potentially harmful airborne particles and fibers, according to the lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court in Albuquerque.
The Albuquerque Journal, 03/30/2026

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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. Suffrage

To cringe in fear

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

Harmful, malevolent, injurious. Harmfully cancerous.

The right or privilege of voting; franchise.


2. Spectrum

A closed plane figure bounded by three or more line segments.

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

The quality or state of being tranquil; serenity.

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


3. Strategy

A diffuse mass of interstellar dust or gas or both, visible as luminous patches or areas of darkness

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

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

To grow well or luxuriantly; thrive


4. Immune

A cult or religious movement, a group sharing particular (often unorthodox) political and/or religious beliefs.

Not subject to an obligation imposed on others; exempt.

Loud, noisy, and lacking in restraint or discipline

Self-examination.


5. Antibody

A Y-shaped protein on the surface of B cells that is secreted into the blood or lymph in response to an antigenic stimulus

An intricate structure of interconnecting passages through which it is difficult to find one’s way; a maze.

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

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


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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.