Words in the News

This Week's Word In The News 

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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1. Ozone

► The systematic procedure by which a complex or scientific task is accomplished.

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

► An unstable, poisonous allotrope of oxygen.

► A preparation of a weakened or killed pathogen.

2. Yacht

► To condescend to give or grant

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

► Any of several rod-shaped bacteria, of the genus Salmonella, that cause food poisoning and other diseases.

► A person authorized to act as representative for another; a deputy.

3. Hieroglyphic

► Enforced isolation or restriction of free movement imposed to prevent the spread of contagious disease.

► The quality or state of being tranquil; serenity.

► Relating to a system of writing, such as that of ancient Egypt, in which pictorial symbols are used to represent meaning or sounds or a combination of meaning and sound.

► A cult or religious movement, a group sharing particular (often unorthodox) political and/or religious beliefs.

4. Accentuate

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

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

► To stress or emphasize; intensify

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

5. Ultraviolet

► Loud, noisy, and lacking in restraint or discipline

► A grotesque ornamental figure or projection.

► 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.

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

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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.