Words in the News

This Week's Word In The News 

PROPOSITION

DEFINITION:
Something offered for consideration or acceptance.

FOUND IN THE NEWS:
proposition 10 was considered a landmark policy.
The Los Angeles Times, 12/15/2025

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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. Despondent

In a deplorable state of distress or misfortune; miserable.

To cringe in fear

Being without or almost without hope

Loud, noisy, and lacking in restraint or discipline


2. Unanimous

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

The right or privilege of voting; franchise.

An unstable, poisonous allotrope of oxygen.

A movement or procedure involving skill and dexterity.


3. Sect

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

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

A metric unit of length equal to 1,000 meters (0.62 mile).

One who habitually takes advantage of the generosity of others without making any useful return.


4. Strategy

A metric unit of length equal to 1,000 meters (0.62 mile).

One who habitually takes advantage of the generosity of others without making any useful return.

An embankment built to prevent flooding

The science and art of using all the forces of a nation to execute approved plans as effectively as possible during peace or war.


5. Guerrilla

A member of an irregular, usually indigenous military or paramilitary unit operating in small bands in occupied territory to harass and undermine the enemy

A rebirth or revival.

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

Inspiring awe, admiration, or wonder


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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.