Words in the News

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

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5 Middle School Words

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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. Accentuate

The act of reasoning from factual knowledge or evidence.

A state of uncertainty or perplexity.

To stress or emphasize; intensify

Harmful, malevolent, injurious. Harmfully cancerous.


2. Ellipse

One that speaks for, represents, or advocates

Strikingly unconventional and far-fetched in style or appearance; odd

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

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


3. Heritage

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

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

An embankment built to prevent flooding

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


4. Despondent

Being without or almost without hope

Having a backbone or spinal column.

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

Exceeding the limits of propriety or good manners; improperly forward or bold


5. Solstice

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

Exceeding the limits of propriety or good manners; improperly forward or bold

A person with masterly skill or technique in the arts.

Either of two times of the year when the sun is at its greatest distance from the celestial equator.


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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.