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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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. Pulverize

► A very large and destructive wave, generally caused by a tremendous disturbance in the ocean, such as an undersea earthquake or volcanic eruption.

► Inspiring awe, admiration, or wonder

► A rebirth or revival.

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

2. Fallacy

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

► Incorrectness of reasoning or belief

► The main character in a drama or other literary work.

► To rejoice greatly; be jubilant or triumphant

3. Immune

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

► Having a backbone or spinal column.

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

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

4. Jovial

► Marked by hearty conviviality and good cheer.

► A person with masterly skill or technique in the arts.

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

► Harmful, malevolent, injurious. Harmfully cancerous.

5. Symbiosis

► A relationship of mutual benefit or dependence.

► Enforced isolation or restriction of free movement imposed to prevent the spread of contagious disease.

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

► A preparation of a weakened or killed pathogen.

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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.