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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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1. Alliteration

► 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 poisonous substance, especially a protein, that is produced by living cells or organisms.

► A closed plane figure bounded by three or more line segments.

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

2. Inference

► A rebirth or revival.

► A disorderly commotion or disturbance.

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

► The act of reasoning from factual knowledge or evidence.

3. Decorum

► To stress or emphasize; intensify

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

► Appropriateness of behavior or conduct

► An unstable, poisonous allotrope of oxygen.

4. Ellipse

► Exceeding the limits of propriety or good manners; improperly forward or bold

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

► The distance that light travels in a vacuum in one year.

► One who rejects a religion, cause, allegiance, or group for another; a deserter.

5. Xylem

► Grossly offensive to decency or morality.

► The supporting and water-conducting tissue of vascular plants, consisting primarily of tracheids and vessels; woody tissue.

► Having a buoyant or self-confident air; brisk.

► To honor the memory of with a ceremony

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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.

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