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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1. Analogy

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

The quality or state of being tranquil; serenity.

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.

Similarity in some respects between things that are otherwise dissimilar.


2. Xylem

One who habitually takes advantage of the generosity of others without making any useful return.

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

Incorrectness of reasoning or belief

The supporting and water-conducting tissue of vascular plants, consisting primarily of tracheids and vessels; woody tissue.


3. Inference

The act of reasoning from factual knowledge or evidence.

A person with masterly skill or technique in the arts.

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

One who rejects a religion, cause, allegiance, or group for another; a deserter.


4. Ozone

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

One who rejects a religion, cause, allegiance, or group for another; a deserter.

Something that is passed down from preceding generations; a tradition.

An unstable, poisonous allotrope of oxygen.


5. Labyrinth

In a deplorable state of distress or misfortune; miserable.

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

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

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


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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.