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. Alliteration

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

A teacher and guide in spiritual and philosophical matters.

Loud, noisy, and lacking in restraint or discipline

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


2. Participle

Having no specific pattern, purpose, or objective.

A form of a verb that in some languages, such as English, can function independently as an adjective.

The quality or state of being tranquil; serenity.

Either of two times of the year when the sun is at its greatest distance from the celestial equator.


3. Mutation

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

To proclaim publicly

An alteration or change, as in nature, form, or quality.

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


4. Yacht

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

Appropriateness of behavior or conduct

To rejoice greatly; be jubilant or triumphant

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


5. Laconic

Inspiring awe, admiration, or wonder

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

One that speaks for, represents, or advocates

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


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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.