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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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1. Deign

To condescend to give or grant

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

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

A preparation of a weakened or killed pathogen.


2. Gargoyle

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

A preparation of a weakened or killed pathogen.

The repetition of the same sounds or of the same kinds of sounds at the beginning of words or in stressed syllables

A grotesque ornamental figure or projection.


3. Voracious

To proclaim publicly

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

Consuming or eager to consume great amounts of food; ravenous.

The method or result of concealing personnel or equipment from an enemy by making them appear to be part of the natural surroundings


4. Quarantine

The food-conducting tissue of vascular plants, consisting of sieve tubes, fibers, parenchyma, and sclereids.

To rejoice greatly; be jubilant or triumphant

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

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


5. Antibody

One thing conceived as representing another; a symbol.

A characteristic rate or rhythm of activity; a pace

A Y-shaped protein on the surface of B cells that is secreted into the blood or lymph in response to an antigenic stimulus

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.