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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.
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

Words in the News Quiz
5 Middle School 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. Quandary

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

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

A state of uncertainty or perplexity.

A preparation of a weakened or killed pathogen.


2. Impertinent

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

A person with masterly skill or technique in the arts.

A conventional, formulaic, and oversimplified conception, opinion, or image.

The quality or state of being tranquil; serenity.


3. Outrageous

The quality or state of being tranquil; serenity.

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

Grossly offensive to decency or morality.

To proclaim publicly


4. Quarantine

A dense evergreen forest occupying a tropical region with an annual rainfall of at least 100 inches.

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

To condescend to give or grant

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


5. Salmonella

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

A relationship of mutual benefit or dependence.

Of, relating to, or occurring in the night

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


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