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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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. Enthusiastic

► A rebirth or revival.

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

► Either of two times of the year when the sun is at its greatest distance from the celestial equator.

► Having or demonstrating enthusiasm

2. Phloem

► The arrangement of events in time

► Having a backbone or spinal column.

► The food-conducting tissue of vascular plants, consisting of sieve tubes, fibers, parenchyma, and sclereids.

► To condescend to give or grant

3. Jaunty

► One that speaks for, represents, or advocates

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

► Loud, noisy, and lacking in restraint or discipline

► One that takes in everything available, as with the mind.

4. Mosaic

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

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

► A picture or decorative design made by setting small colored pieces, as of stone or tile, into a surface.

► A member of an irregular, usually indigenous military or paramilitary unit operating in small bands in occupied territory to harass and undermine the enemy

5. Symbiosis

► A relationship of mutual benefit or dependence.

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

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

► The distribution of energy emitted by a radiant source, arranged in order of wavelengths.

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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.