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Words in the News

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

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5 Middle School 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. Outrageous

► One that speaks for, represents, or advocates

► A teacher and guide in spiritual and philosophical matters.

► Grossly offensive to decency or morality.

► A closed plane figure bounded by three or more line segments.

2. Bamboozle

► To take in by elaborate methods of deceit

► The quality or state of being tranquil; serenity.

► The method or result of concealing personnel or equipment from an enemy by making them appear to be part of the natural surroundings

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

3. Boycott

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

► The supporting and water-conducting tissue of vascular plants, consisting primarily of tracheids and vessels; woody tissue.

► To abstain from or act together in abstaining from using, buying, or dealing with as an expression of protest or disfavor or as a means of coercion

► The act of reasoning from factual knowledge or evidence.

4. Chronology

► Having a buoyant or self-confident air; brisk.

► The right or privilege of voting; franchise.

► The arrangement of events in time

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

5. Light-Year

► Not subject to an obligation imposed on others; exempt.

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

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

► A proportional part or share.

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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.

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