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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1. Deduction

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

One that takes in everything available, as with the mind.

To stress or emphasize; intensify

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


2. Hypocrisy

The practice of professing beliefs, feelings, or virtues that one does not hold or possess; falseness.

Having or demonstrating enthusiasm

A fungus, usually of the class Ascomycetes, that grows symbiotically with algae,

Conversation between characters in a drama or narrative


3. Aspire

To have a great ambition or ultimate goal

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

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

Appropriateness of behavior or conduct


4. Salmonella

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

Appropriateness of behavior or conduct

A relationship of mutual benefit or dependence.

Any of several rod-shaped bacteria, of the genus Salmonella, that cause food poisoning and other diseases.


5. Jovial

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

Harmful, malevolent, injurious. Harmfully cancerous.

Being without or almost without hope

Marked by hearty conviviality and good cheer.


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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.