Words in the News

This Week's Word In The News 

IMPROBABLE

DEFINITION:
Unlikely to take place under the circumstances or in the usual course of events.

FOUND IN THE NEWS:
That’s where Democratic candidates are trying to accomplish the improbable by flipping a pair of Trump-friendly congressional seats and carving into Republicans’ narrow 218 to 213 majority in the U.S. House of Representatives.
The Key West Citizen-Herald, 03/31/2025

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5 Elementary Words

Click on the correct answer in the quiz below.
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. accomplish

Anything that assures a certain outcome.

A movement or series of moves requiring skill and care

A process of compensation for losses.

To finish successfully


2. uncanny

A bold, or arrogant strut.

Approaching; drawing near; about to happen

Strange or mysterious, esp. in an unsettling way

The person, place or thing from which something (information, goods, etc.) comes or is acquired.


3. brackish

Salty or slightly salty, as a mixture of fresh and sea water, such as that found in estuaries

Allowing light to pass through but diffusing it

The act of inhabiting; state of inhabiting or dwelling, or of being inhabited; occupancy.

So difficult or taxing as to make one exhausted; backbreaking.


4. interdependence

So difficult or taxing as to make one exhausted; backbreaking.

Speech or language that is incomprehensible or unintelligible; gibberish.

Dependent on each other

Flexible, liable to change.


5. weather

Offensive or repulsive; arousing disgust or aversion

The short term state of the atmosphere at a specific time and place, including the temperature, humidity, cloud cover, precipitation, wind, etc.

To gain, usually by one's own exertions; to get as one's own.

The energy and strength for continuing to do something over a long period of time ; power of sustained exertion, or resistance to hardship, illness etc.


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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.