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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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. Stereotype

► A conventional, formulaic, and oversimplified conception, opinion, or image.

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

► A diffuse mass of interstellar dust or gas or both, visible as luminous patches or areas of darkness

► To take in by elaborate methods of deceit

2. Fallacy

► A diffuse mass of interstellar dust or gas or both, visible as luminous patches or areas of darkness

► To take in by elaborate methods of deceit

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

► Incorrectness of reasoning or belief

3. Zoology

► An elevated, comparatively level expanse of land; a tableland.

► To stress or emphasize; intensify

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

► Selecting or employing individual elements from a variety of sources, systems, or styles

4. Jaunty

► Having a buoyant or self-confident air; brisk.

► To abstain from or act together in abstaining from using, buying, or dealing with as an expression of protest or disfavor or as a means of coercion

► A state of uncertainty or perplexity.

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

5. Protagonist

► A state of uncertainty or perplexity.

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

► Self-examination.

► The main character in a drama or other literary work.

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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.