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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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. Jaunty

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

► Having a buoyant or self-confident air; brisk.

► The act of reasoning from factual knowledge or evidence.

► An elevated, comparatively level expanse of land; a tableland.

2. Quarantine

► Enforced isolation or restriction of free movement imposed to prevent the spread of contagious disease.

► A rebirth or revival.

► The act of resting or the state of being at rest.

► Strikingly unconventional and far-fetched in style or appearance; odd

3. Accentuate

► The act of resting or the state of being at rest.

► Strikingly unconventional and far-fetched in style or appearance; odd

► 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.

► To stress or emphasize; intensify

4. Suffrage

► A schedule of prices or fees.

► A disorderly commotion or disturbance.

► The right or privilege of voting; franchise.

► To condescend to give or grant

5. Nebula

► One that takes in everything available, as with the mind.

► A proportional part or share.

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

► An intricate structure of interconnecting passages through which it is difficult to find one’s way; a maze.

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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.