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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. Tundra

One that takes in everything available, as with the mind.

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

To rejoice greatly; be jubilant or triumphant

To pound, crush, or grind to a powder or dust.


2. Marsupial

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

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.

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


3. Quota

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

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

A very large and destructive wave, generally caused by a tremendous disturbance in the ocean, such as an undersea earthquake or volcanic eruption.

A proportional part or share.


4. Renegade

Exceeding the limits of propriety or good manners; improperly forward or bold

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

Being without or almost without hope

One who rejects a religion, cause, allegiance, or group for another; a deserter.


5. Virtuoso

One who habitually takes advantage of the generosity of others without making any useful return.

A person with masterly skill or technique in the arts.

Selecting or employing individual elements from a variety of sources, systems, or styles

The act of reasoning from factual knowledge or evidence.


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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.