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. Deduction

► A grotesque ornamental figure or projection.

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

► A relationship of mutual benefit or dependence.

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

2. Tumult

► To honor the memory of with a ceremony

► A disorderly commotion or disturbance.

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

► Appropriateness of behavior or conduct

3. Plateau

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

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

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

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

4. Solstice

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

► Either of two times of the year when the sun is at its greatest distance from the celestial equator.

► To swing indecisively from one course of action or opinion to another.

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

5. Unanimous

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

► Conversation between characters in a drama or narrative

► Having or demonstrating enthusiasm

► Relating to a system of writing, such as that of ancient Egypt, in which pictorial symbols are used to represent meaning or sounds or a combination of meaning and sound.

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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.