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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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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. Gargoyle

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

► A grotesque ornamental figure or projection.

► A closed plane figure bounded by three or more line segments.

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

2. Hieroglyphic

► 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.

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

► A relationship of mutual benefit or dependence.

► The act of reasoning from factual knowledge or evidence.

3. Dialogue

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

► Conversation between characters in a drama or narrative

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

► A characteristic rate or rhythm of activity; a pace

4. Quarantine

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

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

► A weather phenomenon in the Eastern Pacific that is precisely equivalent to a hurricane.

► The quality or state of being tranquil; serenity.

5. Random

► Having no specific pattern, purpose, or objective.

► Incorrectness of reasoning or belief

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

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

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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.