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. Antibody

► The practice of professing beliefs, feelings, or virtues that one does not hold or possess; falseness.

► A cult or religious movement, a group sharing particular (often unorthodox) political and/or religious beliefs.

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

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

2. Decorum

► A prohibition by a government on certain or all trade with a foreign nation

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

► To grow well or luxuriantly; thrive

► Appropriateness of behavior or conduct

3. Jovial

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

► Marked by hearty conviviality and good cheer.

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

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

4. Technique

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

► The arrangement of events in time

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

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

5. Enthusiastic

► To cringe in fear

► A schedule of prices or fees.

► Having or demonstrating enthusiasm

► 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.