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RESPIRATORY

DEFINITION:
Relating to breathing.

FOUND IN THE NEWS:
They weren’t warned to wear respiratory and other personal protection because the burning composite materials from the F-35 stealth fighter were releasing potentially harmful airborne particles and fibers, according to the lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court in Albuquerque.
►The Albuquerque Journal, 03/30/2026

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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. Jovial

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

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

► To abstain from or act together in abstaining from using, buying, or dealing with as an expression of protest or disfavor or as a means of coercion

► Marked by hearty conviviality and good cheer.

2. Commemorate

► To honor the memory of with a ceremony

► To grow well or luxuriantly; thrive

► Using or marked by the use of few words; terse or concise.

► To pound, crush, or grind to a powder or dust.

3. Labyrinth

► To pound, crush, or grind to a powder or dust.

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

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

► Any of various relatively small sailing or motor-driven vessels used for pleasure cruises or racing.

4. Participle

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

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

► The act of reasoning from factual knowledge or evidence.

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

5. Renegade

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

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

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

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

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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.