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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.
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

Words in the News Quiz
5 Middle School Words

Click on the correct answer in the quiz below.
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. Xylem

The supporting and water-conducting tissue of vascular plants, consisting primarily of tracheids and vessels; woody tissue.

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

A schedule of prices or fees.

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


2. Plateau

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

To abstain from or act together in abstaining from using, buying, or dealing with as an expression of protest or disfavor or as a means of coercion

The pattern produced on a photosensitive medium that has been exposed by holography and then photographically developed.

Grossly offensive to decency or morality.


3. Hypocrisy

Enforced isolation or restriction of free movement imposed to prevent the spread of contagious disease.

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

Being without or almost without hope

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


4. Protagonist

Sharing the same opinions or views; being in complete harmony or accord.

To grow well or luxuriantly; thrive

The main character in a drama or other literary work.

A movement or procedure involving skill and dexterity.


5. Lichen

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

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

A grotesque ornamental figure or projection.

One that speaks for, represents, or advocates


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