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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. Introspection

► A characteristic rate or rhythm of activity; a pace

► The locus of points for which the sum of the distances from each point to two fixed points is equal

► Self-examination.

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

2. Vaccine

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

► Conversation between characters in a drama or narrative

► Forfeiture of something highly valued for the sake of one considered to have a greater value or claim.

► A preparation of a weakened or killed pathogen.

3. Quota

► Appropriateness of behavior or conduct

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

► A proportional part or share.

► Marked by hearty conviviality and good cheer.

4. Symbiosis

► A relationship of mutual benefit or dependence.

► A form of a verb that in some languages, such as English, can function independently as an adjective.

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

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

5. Tsunami

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

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

► To rejoice greatly; be jubilant or triumphant

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

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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.