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. Boisterous

► To condescend to give or grant

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

► The arrangement of events in time

► Loud, noisy, and lacking in restraint or discipline

2. Yacht

► A state of uncertainty or perplexity.

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

► A characteristic rate or rhythm of activity; a pace

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

3. Tundra

► A treeless area between the icecap and the tree line of Arctic regions, having a permanently frozen subsoil and supporting low-growing vegetation

► Grossly offensive to decency or morality.

► A weather phenomenon in the Eastern Pacific that is precisely equivalent to a hurricane.

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

4. Parasite

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

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

► A schedule of prices or fees.

► Any of various nonplacental mammals, including kangaroos, opossums, bandicoots, and wombats, found principally in Australia and the Americas.

5. Symbiosis

► Having or demonstrating enthusiasm

► A relationship of mutual benefit or dependence.

► One thing conceived as representing another; a symbol.

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

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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.