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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1. Despondent

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

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

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

Being without or almost without hope


2. Impertinent

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

An intricate structure of interconnecting passages through which it is difficult to find one’s way; a maze.

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

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


3. Technique

A grotesque ornamental figure or projection.

The systematic procedure by which a complex or scientific task is accomplished.

Having a buoyant or self-confident air; brisk.

To swing indecisively from one course of action or opinion to another.


4. Sacrifice

To swing indecisively from one course of action or opinion to another.

Incorrectness of reasoning or belief

One thing conceived as representing another; a symbol.

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


5. Marsupial

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

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

A weather phenomenon in the Eastern Pacific that is precisely equivalent to a hurricane.

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


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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.