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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.
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

Words in the News Quiz
5 High School Words

Click on the correct answer in the quiz below.
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. Omnipotent

Having unlimited or universal power, authority, or force; all-powerful.

A sudden manifestation of the essence or meaning of something.

Noninterference in the affairs of others.

To impress (something) upon the mind of another by frequent instruction or repetition; instill.


2. Metamorphosis

To impress (something) upon the mind of another by frequent instruction or repetition; instill.

To certify or attest to (the validity of a signature on a document, for example) as a notary public.

A marked change in appearance, character, condition, or function.

Vacuously, smugly, and unconsciously foolish.


3. Unctuous

Overbearing pride or presumption; arrogance.

Characterized by affected, exaggerated, or insincere earnestness.

A form of government in which the political authority exercises absolute and centralized control over all aspects of life,

Lacking social polish; tactless.


4. Facetious

Lacking social polish; tactless.

A doctrine holding that all values are baseless and that nothing can be known or communicated.

The process in cell division by which the nucleus divides.

Playfully jocular; humorous


5. Deciduous

To modify, as by shortening or simplifying or by skewing the content in a certain manner.

A stock of terms used in a particular profession, subject, or style; a vocabulary:

Physics that deals with the relationships and conversions between heat and other forms of energy.

Falling off or shed at a specific season or stage of growth:


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