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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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1. Zoology

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

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

► A picture or decorative design made by setting small colored pieces, as of stone or tile, into a surface.

► The branch of biology that deals with animals and animal life, including the study of the structure, physiology, development, and classification of animals.

2. Tundra

► A grotesque ornamental figure or projection.

► A fungus, usually of the class Ascomycetes, that grows symbiotically with algae,

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

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

3. Vertebrate

► Having a backbone or spinal column.

► The repetition of the same sounds or of the same kinds of sounds at the beginning of words or in stressed syllables

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

► Self-examination.

4. Toxin

► Self-examination.

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

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

► Having no specific pattern, purpose, or objective.

5. Camouflage

► The method or result of concealing personnel or equipment from an enemy by making them appear to be part of the natural surroundings

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

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

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

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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.