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. Tundra

To honor the memory of with a ceremony

A person authorized to act as representative for another; a deputy.

One thing conceived as representing another; a symbol.

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


2. Salmonella

Selecting or employing individual elements from a variety of sources, systems, or styles

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

To abstain from or act together in abstaining from using, buying, or dealing with as an expression of protest or disfavor or as a means of coercion

In a deplorable state of distress or misfortune; miserable.


3. Embargo

A prohibition by a government on certain or all trade with a foreign nation

Something that is passed down from preceding generations; a tradition.

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

A rebirth or revival.


4. Enthusiastic

A rebirth or revival.

Not subject to an obligation imposed on others; exempt.

Having or demonstrating enthusiasm

To move in waves or with a smooth, wavelike motion.


5. Rainforest

A dense evergreen forest occupying a tropical region with an annual rainfall of at least 100 inches.

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

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

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.