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 High School Words

Click on the correct answer in the quiz below.
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. Oxidize

To increase the positive charge or valence of (an element) by removing electrons.

Something done or paid to compensate or make amends.

A place or situation regarded as drawing into its center all that surrounds it.

Characterized by affected, exaggerated, or insincere earnestness.


2. Circumnavigate

To proceed completely around:

A part, portion, or share.

To make an accusation against.

To picture falsely; misrepresent.


3. Feckless

Lacking purpose or vitality; feeble or ineffective.

A circular strand of DNA in bacteria that contains the hereditary information necessary for cell life.

A product of disintegration, destruction, or wearing away; debris.

A sudden manifestation of the essence or meaning of something.


4. Hegemony

The predominant influence, as of a state, region, or group, over another or others.

Of the same or similar nature or kind

A reproductive cell having the haploid number of chromosomes, especially a mature sperm or egg capable of fusing with a gamete of the opposite sex to produce the fertilized egg.

The use of obstructionist tactics, especially prolonged speechmaking, for the purpose of delaying legislative action.


5. Enervate

The side of a right triangle opposite the right angle.

To weaken or destroy the strength or vitality of.

Deception by trickery or sophistry.

Not interesting; dull:


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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.