Words in the News

This Week's Word In The News 

BLEACH

DEFINITION:
To become white or pale. Coral bleaching is the process when corals become white due to loss of symbiotic algae and photosynthetic pigments.

FOUND IN THE NEWS:
If water temperatures remain above 84 degrees for a significant period, corals will begin to experience stress and start to bleach.
►The Key West Citizen, 06/24/2024

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1. Nebula

► The right or privilege of voting; franchise.

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

► A conventional, formulaic, and oversimplified conception, opinion, or image.

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

2. Vaccine

► Having a backbone or spinal column.

► Strikingly unconventional and far-fetched in style or appearance; odd

► A preparation of a weakened or killed pathogen.

► Incorrectness of reasoning or belief

3. Random

► An unstable, poisonous allotrope of oxygen.

► Having no specific pattern, purpose, or objective.

► One that takes in everything available, as with the mind.

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

4. Commemorate

► Marked by hearty conviviality and good cheer.

► To honor the memory of with a ceremony

► A teacher and guide in spiritual and philosophical matters.

► The locus of points for which the sum of the distances from each point to two fixed points is equal

5. Tundra

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

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

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

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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.