Words in the News

This Week's Word In The News 

REALLOCATE

DEFINITION:
To change the way that something is given or shared between people, groups, or organizations.

FOUND IN THE NEWS:
Carey said she would be “concerned with stocking the food pantries, but perhaps there is a better way to help for folks that had reallocate those funds somehow and then are either facing eviction or other things like that.”
The Key West Citizen, 12/08/2025

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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. Laconic

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

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

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

Using or marked by the use of few words; terse or concise.


2. Formidable

Inspiring awe, admiration, or wonder

Any of various relatively small sailing or motor-driven vessels used for pleasure cruises or racing.

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

An embankment built to prevent flooding


3. Exult

To rejoice greatly; be jubilant or triumphant

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

Of or relating to the range of invisible radiation wavelengths from about 4 nanometers, on the border of the x-ray region, to about 380 nanometers, just beyond the violet in the visible spectrum.

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


4. Aspire

To have a great ambition or ultimate goal

Marked by hearty conviviality and good cheer.

One who rejects a religion, cause, allegiance, or group for another; a deserter.

Loud, noisy, and lacking in restraint or discipline


5. Exponent

One who rejects a religion, cause, allegiance, or group for another; a deserter.

Loud, noisy, and lacking in restraint or discipline

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

One that speaks for, represents, or advocates


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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.