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. Repose

The act of resting or the state of being at rest.

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.

The main character in a drama or other literary work.

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


2. Silhouette

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

A proportional part or share.

A drawing consisting of the outline of something, especially a human profile, filled in with a solid color.

To grow well or luxuriantly; thrive


3. Aspire

The right or privilege of voting; franchise.

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

A relationship of mutual benefit or dependence.

To have a great ambition or ultimate goal


4. Tranquility

The quality or state of being tranquil; serenity.

Consuming or eager to consume great amounts of food; ravenous.

Having a buoyant or self-confident air; brisk.

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


5. Stereotype

Incorrectness of reasoning or belief

A conventional, formulaic, and oversimplified conception, opinion, or image.

An elevated, comparatively level expanse of land; a tableland.

One that speaks for, represents, or advocates


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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.