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This Week's Word In The News 

REALLOCATE

DEFINITION:
To change the way that something is given or shared between people, groups, or organizations.

FOUND IN THE NEWS:
Carey said she would be “concerned with stocking the food pantries, but perhaps there is a better way to help for folks that had reallocate those funds somehow and then are either facing eviction or other things like that.”
The Key West Citizen, 12/08/2025

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1. Phloem

The quality or state of being tranquil; serenity.

Strikingly unconventional and far-fetched in style or appearance; odd

The food-conducting tissue of vascular plants, consisting of sieve tubes, fibers, parenchyma, and sclereids.

Having a backbone or spinal column.


2. Alliteration

To stress or emphasize; intensify

To take in by elaborate methods of deceit

The repetition of the same sounds or of the same kinds of sounds at the beginning of words or in stressed syllables

Any of various nonplacental mammals, including kangaroos, opossums, bandicoots, and wombats, found principally in Australia and the Americas.


3. Tariff

An unstable, poisonous allotrope of oxygen.

A schedule of prices or fees.

Something that is passed down from preceding generations; a tradition.

A proportional part or share.


4. Mosaic

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

A picture or decorative design made by setting small colored pieces, as of stone or tile, into a surface.

To grow well or luxuriantly; thrive

The branch of biology that deals with animals and animal life, including the study of the structure, physiology, development, and classification of animals.


5. Exult

To move back or away from a limit, point, or mark

Exceeding the limits of propriety or good manners; improperly forward or bold

To rejoice greatly; be jubilant or triumphant

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


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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.