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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. Nebula

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

A disorderly commotion or disturbance.

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

To move in waves or with a smooth, wavelike motion.


2. Vacillate

To swing indecisively from one course of action or opinion to another.

To take in by elaborate methods of deceit

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

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


3. Protagonist

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

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.

The main character in a drama or other literary work.

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


4. Decorum

Appropriateness of behavior or conduct

The science and art of using all the forces of a nation to execute approved plans as effectively as possible during peace or war.

To pound, crush, or grind to a powder or dust.

One who habitually takes advantage of the generosity of others without making any useful return.


5. Plateau

One who habitually takes advantage of the generosity of others without making any useful return.

The act of reasoning from factual knowledge or evidence.

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

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


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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.