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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1. Metaphor

The main character in a drama or other literary work.

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

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

One thing conceived as representing another; a symbol.


2. Renaissance

One who rejects a religion, cause, allegiance, or group for another; a deserter.

A rebirth or revival.

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

A member of an irregular, usually indigenous military or paramilitary unit operating in small bands in occupied territory to harass and undermine the enemy


3. Repose

A member of an irregular, usually indigenous military or paramilitary unit operating in small bands in occupied territory to harass and undermine the enemy

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

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

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


4. Phloem

To stress or emphasize; intensify

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

The branch of biology that deals with animals and animal life, including the study of the structure, physiology, development, and classification of animals.

To cringe in fear


5. Laconic

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

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

The act of reasoning from factual knowledge or evidence.

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


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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.