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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. Suffrage

► The right or privilege of voting; franchise.

► A person authorized to act as representative for another; a deputy.

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

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

2. Tundra

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

► Exceeding the limits of propriety or good manners; improperly forward or bold

► A closed plane figure bounded by three or more line segments.

► The practice of professing beliefs, feelings, or virtues that one does not hold or possess; falseness.

3. Nebula

► A closed plane figure bounded by three or more line segments.

► The practice of professing beliefs, feelings, or virtues that one does not hold or possess; falseness.

► Similarity in some respects between things that are otherwise dissimilar.

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

4. Jaunty

► To cringe in fear

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

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

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

5. Aspire

► The arrangement of events in time

► 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 have a great ambition or ultimate goal

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

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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.