Words in the News

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

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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. Labyrinth

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

To grow well or luxuriantly; thrive

The arrangement of events in time

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


2. Tundra

Having or demonstrating enthusiasm

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

Grossly offensive to decency or morality.

A picture or decorative design made by setting small colored pieces, as of stone or tile, into a surface.


3. Bandolier

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

To rejoice greatly; be jubilant or triumphant

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

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


4. Typhoon

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

Of, relating to, or occurring in the night

Any of various nonplacental mammals, including kangaroos, opossums, bandicoots, and wombats, found principally in Australia and the Americas.

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


5. Vertebrate

Having a backbone or spinal column.

Strikingly unconventional and far-fetched in style or appearance; odd

A relationship of mutual benefit or dependence.

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


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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.