Words in the News

This Week's Word In The News 

REMEDIATION

DEFINITION:
The action of remedying something, in particular of reversing or stopping environmental damage.

FOUND IN THE NEWS:
Chief Building Official Ron Wampler initially sent out a stop-work order by email on Wednesday to Marino Construction until a soil remediation plan is done, as advised by DEP officials.
►The Key West Citizen, 03/02/2026

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5 Middle School Words

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1. Parasite

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

► To swing indecisively from one course of action or opinion to another.

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

► One who habitually takes advantage of the generosity of others without making any useful return.

2. Strategy

► 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 movement or procedure involving skill and dexterity.

► To have a great ambition or ultimate goal

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

3. Recede

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

► To cringe in fear

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

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

4. Despondent

► Being without or almost without hope

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

► A state of uncertainty or perplexity.

► To move in waves or with a smooth, wavelike motion.

5. Tundra

► A state of uncertainty or perplexity.

► To move in waves or with a smooth, wavelike motion.

► An unstable, poisonous allotrope of oxygen.

► 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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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.