Words in the News

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

Generate your own quiz
Select a grade level
 Elementary
 Middle School
 High School
Select a quiz type
 By words
 By Definitions
Select how many questions
5   10   15   20  

Words in the News Quiz
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. cause

► The source or reason of an event or action

► The power to affect, control or manipulate something or someone; the ability to change the development of fluctuating things such as conduct, thoughts or decisions.

► Examine methodically and in detail the constitution or structure of something, esp. information.

► A process by which a task is completed; a way of doing something.

2. subside

► Examine methodically and in detail the constitution or structure of something, esp. information.

► A process by which a task is completed; a way of doing something.

► Having an unvarying tone or pitch

► To sink or fall to the bottom; to settle

3. document

► To attempt to stop the progression of.

► To completely engage the attention of.

► A relationship of resemblance or equivalence between two situations, people, or objects,

► A piece of written, printed, or electronic matter that provides information or evidence or that serves as an official record.

4. brandish

► To move or swing a weapon back and forth, particularly if demonstrating skill.

► To cause to float easily or gently through the air

► To make stable or firm; to confirm.

► Doubt, apprehension, a feeling of dread

5. compose

► Doubt, apprehension, a feeling of dread

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

► To make something by merging parts.

► Firm or obstinate continuance in a course of action in spite of difficulty or opposition

Get more Quizzes 

 Elementary School    Middle School   High School  

 By Word     By Definition    5  10  15  20 Questions

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.