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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. Embargo

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

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

► The act of reasoning from factual knowledge or evidence.

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

2. Symbiosis

► The arrangement of events in time

► A very large and destructive wave, generally caused by a tremendous disturbance in the ocean, such as an undersea earthquake or volcanic eruption.

► A relationship of mutual benefit or dependence.

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

3. Impertinent

► To take in by elaborate methods of deceit

► The pattern produced on a photosensitive medium that has been exposed by holography and then photographically developed.

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

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

4. Hypocrisy

► A person authorized to act as representative for another; a deputy.

► The systematic procedure by which a complex or scientific task is accomplished.

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

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

5. Lichen

► The science and art of using all the forces of a nation to execute approved plans as effectively as possible during peace or war.

► To cringe in fear

► A state of uncertainty or perplexity.

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

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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.