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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. Symbiosis

► A metric unit of length equal to 1,000 meters (0.62 mile).

► A relationship of mutual benefit or dependence.

► The method or result of concealing personnel or equipment from an enemy by making them appear to be part of the natural surroundings

► In a deplorable state of distress or misfortune; miserable.

2. Bamboozle

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

► The practice of professing beliefs, feelings, or virtues that one does not hold or possess; falseness.

► To take in by elaborate methods of deceit

► Being without or almost without hope

3. Nebula

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

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

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

► 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

4. Nocturnal

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

► The science and art of using all the forces of a nation to execute approved plans as effectively as possible during peace or war.

► Of, relating to, or occurring in the night

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

5. Delegate

► The distance that light travels in a vacuum in one year.

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

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

► A Y-shaped protein on the surface of B cells that is secreted into the blood or lymph in response to an antigenic stimulus

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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.