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. Outrageous

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

Grossly offensive to decency or morality.

A drawing consisting of the outline of something, especially a human profile, filled in with a solid color.

A characteristic rate or rhythm of activity; a pace


2. Introspection

Self-examination.

The arrangement of events in time

Any of several rod-shaped bacteria, of the genus Salmonella, that cause food poisoning and other diseases.

Conversation between characters in a drama or narrative


3. Mosaic

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

Consuming or eager to consume great amounts of food; ravenous.

Inspiring awe, admiration, or wonder

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


4. Undulate

Marked by hearty conviviality and good cheer.

To move in waves or with a smooth, wavelike motion.

To cringe in fear

The pattern produced on a photosensitive medium that has been exposed by holography and then photographically developed.


5. Kilometer

A metric unit of length equal to 1,000 meters (0.62 mile).

A dense evergreen forest occupying a tropical region with an annual rainfall of at least 100 inches.

An alteration or change, as in nature, form, or quality.

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


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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.