DEFINITION: The action of remedying something, in particular of reversing or stopping environmental damage.
FOUND IN THE NEWS: Chief Building Official Ron Wampler initially sent out a stop-work order by email on Wednesday to Marino Construction until a soil remediation plan is done, as advised by DEP officials. ►The Key West Citizen, 03/02/2026
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. observe
► To make sure or certain of something (usually some future event or condition).
► To run away with quick light steps, to scamper.