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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1. Spectrum

An intricate structure of interconnecting passages through which it is difficult to find one’s way; a maze.

In a deplorable state of distress or misfortune; miserable.

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

An elevated, comparatively level expanse of land; a tableland.


2. Cower

To cringe in fear

A person with masterly skill or technique in the arts.

The practice of professing beliefs, feelings, or virtues that one does not hold or possess; falseness.

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


3. Bamboozle

Having a buoyant or self-confident air; brisk.

To take in by elaborate methods of deceit

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

A prohibition by a government on certain or all trade with a foreign nation


4. Tumult

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 disorderly commotion or disturbance.

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

A state of uncertainty or perplexity.


5. Nocturnal

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

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

Of, relating to, or occurring in the night

Sharing the same opinions or views; being in complete harmony or accord.


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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.