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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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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. Solstice

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

► To condescend to give or grant

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

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

2. Random

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

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

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

► Having no specific pattern, purpose, or objective.

3. Bandolier

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

► A very large and destructive wave, generally caused by a tremendous disturbance in the ocean, such as an undersea earthquake or volcanic eruption.

► Of or relating to the range of invisible radiation wavelengths from about 4 nanometers, on the border of the x-ray region, to about 380 nanometers, just beyond the violet in the visible spectrum.

► A schedule of prices or fees.

4. Light-Year

► A schedule of prices or fees.

► To rejoice greatly; be jubilant or triumphant

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

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

5. Silhouette

► A drawing consisting of the outline of something, especially a human profile, filled in with a solid color.

► To proclaim publicly

► To grow well or luxuriantly; thrive

► 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.