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. Silhouette

To have a great ambition or ultimate goal

A weather phenomenon in the Eastern Pacific that is precisely equivalent to a hurricane.

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 drawing consisting of the outline of something, especially a human profile, filled in with a solid color.


2. Enthusiastic

A picture or decorative design made by setting small colored pieces, as of stone or tile, into a surface.

The pattern produced on a photosensitive medium that has been exposed by holography and then photographically developed.

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

Having or demonstrating enthusiasm


3. Bizarre

One that speaks for, represents, or advocates

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

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

A Y-shaped protein on the surface of B cells that is secreted into the blood or lymph in response to an antigenic stimulus


4. Bandolier

A Y-shaped protein on the surface of B cells that is secreted into the blood or lymph in response to an antigenic stimulus

Loud, noisy, and lacking in restraint or discipline

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

An ammunition belt, worn over the shoulder, having loops or pockets for cartridges.


5. Tempo

A characteristic rate or rhythm of activity; a pace

The repetition of the same sounds or of the same kinds of sounds at the beginning of words or in stressed syllables

Of, relating to, or occurring in the night

The systematic procedure by which a complex or scientific task is accomplished.


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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.