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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. Dialogue

To honor the memory of with a ceremony

Conversation between characters in a drama or narrative

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

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.


2. Antibody

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 person with masterly skill or technique in the arts.

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

The science and art of using all the forces of a nation to execute approved plans as effectively as possible during peace or war.


3. Camouflage

The science and art of using all the forces of a nation to execute approved plans as effectively as possible during peace or war.

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

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

To move back or away from a limit, point, or mark


4. Aspire

To have a great ambition or ultimate goal

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

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

To proclaim publicly


5. Mutation

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

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.

Any of various nonplacental mammals, including kangaroos, opossums, bandicoots, and wombats, found principally in Australia and the Americas.

Of, relating to, or occurring in the night


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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.