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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. Aspire

► The main character in a drama or other literary work.

► A characteristic rate or rhythm of activity; a pace

► To have a great ambition or ultimate goal

► A fungus, usually of the class Ascomycetes, that grows symbiotically with algae,

2. Zoology

► Having no specific pattern, purpose, or objective.

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

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

► The act of reasoning from factual knowledge or evidence.

3. Hologram

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

► Exceeding the limits of propriety or good manners; improperly forward or bold

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

► A teacher and guide in spiritual and philosophical matters.

4. Hieroglyphic

► A teacher and guide in spiritual and philosophical matters.

► Similarity in some respects between things that are otherwise dissimilar.

► 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.

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

5. Salmonella

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

► To cringe in fear

► 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.

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

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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.