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. Yacht

Being without or almost without hope

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

A grotesque ornamental figure or projection.

Any of various relatively small sailing or motor-driven vessels used for pleasure cruises or racing.


2. Tariff

A schedule of prices or fees.

To move back or away from a limit, point, or mark

A proportional part or share.

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


3. Xylem

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

To take in by elaborate methods of deceit

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

Of, relating to, or occurring in the night


4. Immune

The act of resting or the state of being at rest.

Not subject to an obligation imposed on others; exempt.

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

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


5. Jaunty

An unstable, poisonous allotrope of oxygen.

The main character in a drama or other literary work.

Having a buoyant or self-confident air; brisk.

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


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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.