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. Lichen

To abstain from or act together in abstaining from using, buying, or dealing with as an expression of protest or disfavor or as a means of coercion

A fungus, usually of the class Ascomycetes, that grows symbiotically with algae,

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

Loud, noisy, and lacking in restraint or discipline


2. Jaunty

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

Having a buoyant or self-confident air; brisk.

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

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


3. Chronology

The arrangement of events in time

The distribution of energy emitted by a radiant source, arranged in order of wavelengths.

A rebirth or revival.

Consuming or eager to consume great amounts of food; ravenous.


4. Phloem

The food-conducting tissue of vascular plants, consisting of sieve tubes, fibers, parenchyma, and sclereids.

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

Grossly offensive to decency or morality.

One thing conceived as representing another; a symbol.


5. Deduction

A proportional part or share.

The drawing of a conclusion by reasoning; the act of deducing.

To take in by elaborate methods of deceit

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.