Words in the News

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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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. Guerrilla

► To rejoice greatly; be jubilant or triumphant

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

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

► 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.

2. Laconic

► A characteristic rate or rhythm of activity; a pace

► A movement or procedure involving skill and dexterity.

► The right or privilege of voting; franchise.

► Using or marked by the use of few words; terse or concise.

3. Bamboozle

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

► To take in by elaborate methods of deceit

► Having no specific pattern, purpose, or objective.

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

4. Aspire

► To have a great ambition or ultimate goal

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

► Having or demonstrating enthusiasm

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

5. Light-Year

► Having or demonstrating enthusiasm

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

► A form of a verb that in some languages, such as English, can function independently as an adjective.

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

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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.