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. Protagonist

A relationship of mutual benefit or dependence.

The supporting and water-conducting tissue of vascular plants, consisting primarily of tracheids and vessels; woody tissue.

The main character in a drama or other literary work.

To honor the memory of with a ceremony


2. Chronology

Grossly offensive to decency or morality.

A person with masterly skill or technique in the arts.

The arrangement of events in time

The distribution of energy emitted by a radiant source, arranged in order of wavelengths.


3. Zoology

The branch of biology that deals with animals and animal life, including the study of the structure, physiology, development, and classification of animals.

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

A grotesque ornamental figure or projection.

Similarity in some respects between things that are otherwise dissimilar.


4. Bandolier

An ammunition belt, worn over the shoulder, having loops or pockets for cartridges.

To proclaim publicly

A characteristic rate or rhythm of activity; a pace

One thing conceived as representing another; a symbol.


5. Nebula

One thing conceived as representing another; a symbol.

An embankment built to prevent flooding

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

To move back or away from a limit, point, or mark


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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.