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This Week's Word In The News 

ALLOCATION

DEFINITION:
The act or process of giving out parts of a whole.

FOUND IN THE NEWS:
Under those same drought agreements, Nevada’s allocation would be cut to 270,000 acre-feet if Lake Mead were to fall to 1,025 feet.
The Las Vegas Review-Journal, 05/29/2023

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1. Heritage

The main character in a drama or other literary work.

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

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

A disorderly commotion or disturbance.


2. Mosaic

The distance that light travels in a vacuum in one year.

Having a backbone or spinal column.

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

Any of various nonplacental mammals, including kangaroos, opossums, bandicoots, and wombats, found principally in Australia and the Americas.


3. Hieroglyphic

A state of uncertainty or perplexity.

A relationship of mutual benefit or dependence.

Incorrectness of reasoning or belief

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.


4. Bandolier

An ammunition belt, worn over the shoulder, having loops or pockets for cartridges.

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

Not subject to an obligation imposed on others; exempt.

An unstable, poisonous allotrope of oxygen.


5. Strategy

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

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

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

The act of resting or the state of being at rest.


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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.