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. Alliteration

► The repetition of the same sounds or of the same kinds of sounds at the beginning of words or in stressed syllables

► An alteration or change, as in nature, form, or quality.

► A drawing consisting of the outline of something, especially a human profile, filled in with a solid color.

► A movement or procedure involving skill and dexterity.

2. Introspection

► Self-examination.

► 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 person with masterly skill or technique in the arts.

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

3. Symbiosis

► A relationship of mutual benefit or dependence.

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

► Similarity in some respects between things that are otherwise dissimilar.

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

4. Ellipse

► Similarity in some respects between things that are otherwise dissimilar.

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

► To pound, crush, or grind to a powder or dust.

► The locus of points for which the sum of the distances from each point to two fixed points is equal

5. Labyrinth

► Incorrectness of reasoning or belief

► An intricate structure of interconnecting passages through which it is difficult to find one’s way; a maze.

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

► Something that is passed down from preceding generations; a tradition.

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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.