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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1. Technique

► A very large and destructive wave, generally caused by a tremendous disturbance in the ocean, such as an undersea earthquake or volcanic eruption.

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

► Appropriateness of behavior or conduct

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

2. Tempo

► A characteristic rate or rhythm of activity; a pace

► The quality or state of being tranquil; serenity.

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

► One thing conceived as representing another; a symbol.

3. Hypocrisy

► One thing conceived as representing another; a symbol.

► One that is inconvenient, annoying, or vexatious; a bother.

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

► A movement or procedure involving skill and dexterity.

4. Renegade

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

► A fungus, usually of the class Ascomycetes, that grows symbiotically with algae,

► One who rejects a religion, cause, allegiance, or group for another; a deserter.

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

5. Ellipse

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

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

► A rebirth or revival.

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

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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.