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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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. Pulverize

One that is inconvenient, annoying, or vexatious; a bother.

To pound, crush, or grind to a powder or dust.

A person with masterly skill or technique in the arts.

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


2. Vertebrate

Having a backbone or spinal column.

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

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

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


3. Chronology

A grotesque ornamental figure or projection.

The arrangement of events in time

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

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


4. Fallacy

Relating to a system of writing, such as that of ancient Egypt, in which pictorial symbols are used to represent meaning or sounds or a combination of meaning and sound.

The branch of biology that deals with animals and animal life, including the study of the structure, physiology, development, and classification of animals.

Incorrectness of reasoning or belief

To rejoice greatly; be jubilant or triumphant


5. Nebula

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

To have a great ambition or ultimate goal

Grossly offensive to decency or morality.

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


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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.