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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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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. Tumult

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

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

A disorderly commotion or disturbance.

Marked by hearty conviviality and good cheer.


2. Zoology

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

Inspiring awe, admiration, or wonder

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

An elevated, comparatively level expanse of land; a tableland.


3. Nocturnal

Having no specific pattern, purpose, or objective.

Of, relating to, or occurring in the night

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

To rejoice greatly; be jubilant or triumphant


4. Chronology

The arrangement of events in time

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

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

An intricate structure of interconnecting passages through which it is difficult to find one’s way; a maze.


5. Exponent

One that speaks for, represents, or advocates

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

Any of several rod-shaped bacteria, of the genus Salmonella, that cause food poisoning and other diseases.

Loud, noisy, and lacking in restraint or discipline


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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.