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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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1. Undulate

An unstable, poisonous allotrope of oxygen.

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

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.


2. Tundra

A teacher and guide in spiritual and philosophical matters.

An embankment built to prevent flooding

A proportional part or share.

A treeless area between the icecap and the tree line of Arctic regions, having a permanently frozen subsoil and supporting low-growing vegetation


3. Participle

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

A form of a verb that in some languages, such as English, can function independently as an adjective.

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

A state of uncertainty or perplexity.


4. Antibody

A state of uncertainty or perplexity.

The main character in a drama or other literary work.

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

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


5. Embargo

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

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

Appropriateness of behavior or conduct

One thing conceived as representing another; a symbol.


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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.