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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. Lichen

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

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

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

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


2. Ozone

An unstable, poisonous allotrope of oxygen.

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

To move back or away from a limit, point, or mark

A diffuse mass of interstellar dust or gas or both, visible as luminous patches or areas of darkness


3. Deduction

A diffuse mass of interstellar dust or gas or both, visible as luminous patches or areas of darkness

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

The drawing of a conclusion by reasoning; the act of deducing.

Harmful, malevolent, injurious. Harmfully cancerous.


4. Tsunami

Selecting or employing individual elements from a variety of sources, systems, or styles

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

In a deplorable state of distress or misfortune; miserable.

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


5. Camouflage

The method or result of concealing personnel or equipment from an enemy by making them appear to be part of the natural surroundings

The act of reasoning from factual knowledge or evidence.

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

Loud, noisy, and lacking in restraint or discipline


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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.