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. Nocturnal

Of, relating to, or occurring in the night

A relationship of mutual benefit or dependence.

Not subject to an obligation imposed on others; exempt.

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


2. Wretched

Not subject to an obligation imposed on others; exempt.

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

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

In a deplorable state of distress or misfortune; miserable.


3. Rainforest

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

A cult or religious movement, a group sharing particular (often unorthodox) political and/or religious beliefs.

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

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


4. Formidable

Inspiring awe, admiration, or wonder

To honor the memory of with a ceremony

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

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


5. Chronology

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

The arrangement of events in time

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

To cringe in fear


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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.