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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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5 Middle School Words

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1. Hieroglyphic

► 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.

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

► A person with masterly skill or technique in the arts.

2. Boisterous

► Loud, noisy, and lacking in restraint or discipline

► An unstable, poisonous allotrope of oxygen.

► Self-examination.

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

3. Yacht

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

► A Y-shaped protein on the surface of B cells that is secreted into the blood or lymph in response to an antigenic stimulus

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

► A dense evergreen forest occupying a tropical region with an annual rainfall of at least 100 inches.

4. Toxin

► A relationship of mutual benefit or dependence.

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

► A poisonous substance, especially a protein, that is produced by living cells or organisms.

► A metric unit of length equal to 1,000 meters (0.62 mile).

5. Marsupial

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

► Not subject to an obligation imposed on others; exempt.

► To cringe in fear

► A rebirth or revival.

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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.