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 Elementary 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. More or most likely to be exposed to the chance of being attacked or harmed, either physically or emotionally.

materialize

vulnerable

observe

significance


2. A form of acrobatic display which involves the dramatic bending and flexing of the human body.

attentive

contortion

impact

jargon


3. Unspoiled; still with its original purity; uncorrupted or unsullied

multitude

cause

pristine

headway


4. To recover, especially from an illness; to get better from an illness.

swarm

recuperate

somber

precipice


5. The energy and strength for continuing to do something over a long period of time ; power of sustained exertion, or resistance to hardship, illness etc.

dispel

stamina

ember

aplomb


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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.