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

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5 Elementary 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. weather

A movement or series of moves requiring skill and care

To run away with quick light steps, to scamper.

Different from one another; of different kinds or sorts

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


2. habitation

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

A gift or payment to a common fund or collection.

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

A process of compensation for losses.


3. headway

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

A process of compensation for losses.

To drive away by scattering, or so to cause to vanish.

Progress toward a goal.


4. obstacles

Something that impedes, stands in the way of, or holds up progress

To hear a conversation one is not intended to hear; to listen in.

An individual instance that represents a class; an example.

To refill; to renew; to supply again or to add a fresh quantity.


5. apprehensive

To refill; to renew; to supply again or to add a fresh quantity.

Unspoiled; still with its original purity; uncorrupted or unsullied

Anticipating something with anxiety or fear.

The place set for the end of a journey, or to which something is sent; place or point aimed at.


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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.