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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. Bizarre

A very large and destructive wave, generally caused by a tremendous disturbance in the ocean, such as an undersea earthquake or volcanic eruption.

In a deplorable state of distress or misfortune; miserable.

Strikingly unconventional and far-fetched in style or appearance; odd

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


2. Ellipse

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

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

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

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


3. Nuisance

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

Enforced isolation or restriction of free movement imposed to prevent the spread of contagious disease.

To grow well or luxuriantly; thrive

To honor the memory of with a ceremony


4. Eclectic

To honor the memory of with a ceremony

A grotesque ornamental figure or projection.

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

A disorderly commotion or disturbance.


5. Impertinent

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

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

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

Appropriateness of behavior or conduct


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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.