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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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. Laconic

Marked by hearty conviviality and good cheer.

One who habitually takes advantage of the generosity of others without making any useful return.

A closed plane figure bounded by three or more line segments.

Using or marked by the use of few words; terse or concise.


2. Maneuver

A movement or procedure involving skill and dexterity.

To rejoice greatly; be jubilant or triumphant

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

A disorderly commotion or disturbance.


3. Protagonist

A disorderly commotion or disturbance.

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

The main character in a drama or other literary work.

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


4. Vaccine

A preparation of a weakened or killed pathogen.

A schedule of prices or fees.

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

A state of uncertainty or perplexity.


5. Hieroglyphic

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

A state of uncertainty or perplexity.

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

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.