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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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. Cower

► To cringe in fear

► The right or privilege of voting; franchise.

► A poisonous substance, especially a protein, that is produced by living cells or organisms.

► A person with masterly skill or technique in the arts.

2. Phloem

► The food-conducting tissue of vascular plants, consisting of sieve tubes, fibers, parenchyma, and sclereids.

► Relating to a system of writing, such as that of ancient Egypt, in which pictorial symbols are used to represent meaning or sounds or a combination of meaning and sound.

► The branch of biology that deals with animals and animal life, including the study of the structure, physiology, development, and classification of animals.

► Conversation between characters in a drama or narrative

3. Flourish

► To grow well or luxuriantly; thrive

► Being without or almost without hope

► To honor the memory of with a ceremony

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

4. Divulge

► Having a backbone or spinal column.

► To proclaim publicly

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

► A characteristic rate or rhythm of activity; a pace

5. Renegade

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

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

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

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

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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.