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. Camouflage

Any of various nonplacental mammals, including kangaroos, opossums, bandicoots, and wombats, found principally in Australia and the Americas.

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

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

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


2. Undulate

To move in waves or with a smooth, wavelike motion.

One that speaks for, represents, or advocates

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

Self-examination.


3. Analogy

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

Similarity in some respects between things that are otherwise dissimilar.

To swing indecisively from one course of action or opinion to another.

Using or marked by the use of few words; terse or concise.


4. Dialogue

Incorrectness of reasoning or belief

Inspiring awe, admiration, or wonder

Conversation between characters in a drama or narrative

The right or privilege of voting; franchise.


5. Deduction

A state of uncertainty or perplexity.

In a deplorable state of distress or misfortune; miserable.

Loud, noisy, and lacking in restraint or discipline

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


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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.