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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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5 Middle School Words

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1. Tundra

► A movement or procedure involving skill and dexterity.

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

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

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

2. Deign

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

► To take in by elaborate methods of deceit

► A teacher and guide in spiritual and philosophical matters.

► To condescend to give or grant

3. Unanimous

► A prohibition by a government on certain or all trade with a foreign nation

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

► Having a backbone or spinal column.

► An ammunition belt, worn over the shoulder, having loops or pockets for cartridges.

4. Nebula

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

► One thing conceived as representing another; a symbol.

► A diffuse mass of interstellar dust or gas or both, visible as luminous patches or areas of darkness

► The pattern produced on a photosensitive medium that has been exposed by holography and then photographically developed.

5. Chronology

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

► A Y-shaped protein on the surface of B cells that is secreted into the blood or lymph in response to an antigenic stimulus

► The quality or state of being tranquil; serenity.

► The arrangement of events in time

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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.