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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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. Technique

Not subject to an obligation imposed on others; exempt.

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

In a deplorable state of distress or misfortune; miserable.

A movement or procedure involving skill and dexterity.


2. Rainforest

A weather phenomenon in the Eastern Pacific that is precisely equivalent to a hurricane.

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

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

Of or relating to the range of invisible radiation wavelengths from about 4 nanometers, on the border of the x-ray region, to about 380 nanometers, just beyond the violet in the visible spectrum.


3. Antibody

A prohibition by a government on certain or all trade with a foreign nation

A Y-shaped protein on the surface of B cells that is secreted into the blood or lymph in response to an antigenic stimulus

A member of an irregular, usually indigenous military or paramilitary unit operating in small bands in occupied territory to harass and undermine the enemy

A schedule of prices or fees.


4. Quandary

One who rejects a religion, cause, allegiance, or group for another; a deserter.

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

A state of uncertainty or perplexity.

The drawing of a conclusion by reasoning; the act of deducing.


5. Hieroglyphic

Consuming or eager to consume great amounts of food; ravenous.

The practice of professing beliefs, feelings, or virtues that one does not hold or possess; falseness.

Relating to a system of writing, such as that of ancient Egypt, in which pictorial symbols are used to represent meaning or sounds or a combination of meaning and sound.

The act of reasoning from factual knowledge or evidence.


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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.