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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 High 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. Laissez faire

► The process in green plants and certain other organisms by which carbohydrates are synthesized from carbon dioxide and water using light as an energy source.

► Noninterference in the affairs of others.

► A reproductive cell having the haploid number of chromosomes, especially a mature sperm or egg capable of fusing with a gamete of the opposite sex to produce the fertilized egg.

► Of, relating to, or produced by motion.

2. Obsequious

► Of, relating to, or produced by motion.

► Falling off or shed at a specific season or stage of growth:

► Lacking serious purpose or occupation; idle.

► Full of or exhibiting servile compliance; fawning.

3. Impeach

► Not limited to or associated with a particular religious denomination.

► To make an accusation against.

► Feeling or showing haughty disdain.

► The basic unit of currency among participating European Union countries.

4. Incontrovertible

► The use of words to express something different from and often opposite to their literal meaning.

► Impossible to dispute; unquestionable

► To renounce under oath; forswear.

► The process in cell division by which the nucleus divides.

5. Inculcate

► To show servile deference.

► To impress (something) upon the mind of another by frequent instruction or repetition; instill.

► To certify or attest to (the validity of a signature on a document, for example) as a notary public.

► The art or study of correct spelling according to established usage.

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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.