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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 

REMEDIATION

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

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. Exponent

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

Either of two times of the year when the sun is at its greatest distance from the celestial equator.

One that speaks for, represents, or advocates

Sharing the same opinions or views; being in complete harmony or accord.


2. Gargoyle

A treeless area between the icecap and the tree line of Arctic regions, having a permanently frozen subsoil and supporting low-growing vegetation

Grossly offensive to decency or morality.

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

A grotesque ornamental figure or projection.


3. Omnivore

A person authorized to act as representative for another; a deputy.

A diffuse mass of interstellar dust or gas or both, visible as luminous patches or areas of darkness

One that takes in everything available, as with the mind.

Conversation between characters in a drama or narrative


4. Yacht

Any of various relatively small sailing or motor-driven vessels used for pleasure cruises or racing.

The main character in a drama or other literary work.

In a deplorable state of distress or misfortune; miserable.

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


5. Sacrifice

The distance that light travels in a vacuum in one year.

Forfeiture of something highly valued for the sake of one considered to have a greater value or claim.

Using or marked by the use of few words; terse or concise.

A poisonous substance, especially a protein, that is produced by living cells or organisms.


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