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. Unanimous

► A preparation of a weakened or killed pathogen.

► Sharing the same opinions or views; being in complete harmony or accord.

► Conversation between characters in a drama or narrative

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

2. Renaissance

► To take in by elaborate methods of deceit

► A rebirth or revival.

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

► A proportional part or share.

3. Yacht

► Any of various relatively small sailing or motor-driven vessels used for pleasure cruises or racing.

► Being without or almost without hope

► The arrangement of events in time

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

4. Boisterous

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

► Having a buoyant or self-confident air; brisk.

► Loud, noisy, and lacking in restraint or discipline

► Of, relating to, or occurring in the night

5. Labyrinth

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

► Of or relating to the range of invisible radiation wavelengths from about 4 nanometers, on the border of the x-ray region, to about 380 nanometers, just beyond the violet in the visible spectrum.

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

► Having a backbone or spinal column.

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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.