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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. Introspection

► Self-examination.

► To have a great ambition or ultimate goal

► Incorrectness of reasoning or belief

► Similarity in some respects between things that are otherwise dissimilar.

2. Quarantine

► A state of uncertainty or perplexity.

► Enforced isolation or restriction of free movement imposed to prevent the spread of contagious disease.

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

► A treeless area between the icecap and the tree line of Arctic regions, having a permanently frozen subsoil and supporting low-growing vegetation

3. Tranquility

► The quality or state of being tranquil; serenity.

► Any of several rod-shaped bacteria, of the genus Salmonella, that cause food poisoning and other diseases.

► Relating to a system of writing, such as that of ancient Egypt, in which pictorial symbols are used to represent meaning or sounds or a combination of meaning and sound.

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

4. Quota

► Strikingly unconventional and far-fetched in style or appearance; odd

► A proportional part or share.

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

► A relationship of mutual benefit or dependence.

5. Exult

► To honor the memory of with a ceremony

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

► To rejoice greatly; be jubilant or triumphant

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

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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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