Words in the News

This Week's Word In The News 

JEOPARDIZE

DEFINITION:
Put (someone or something) into a situation in which there is a danger of loss, harm, or failure

FOUND IN THE NEWS:
“Pursuing the primary further would only jeopardize the likelihood of defeating Maura Healey in November.”
The Boston Herald, 05/11/2026

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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. Commemorate

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

To pound, crush, or grind to a powder or dust.

To honor the memory of with a ceremony

A relationship of mutual benefit or dependence.


2. Salmonella

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

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

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

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


3. Levee

An embankment built to prevent flooding

A person with masterly skill or technique in the arts.

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

A prohibition by a government on certain or all trade with a foreign nation


4. Ultraviolet

A conventional, formulaic, and oversimplified conception, opinion, or image.

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.

Inspiring awe, admiration, or wonder

A dense evergreen forest occupying a tropical region with an annual rainfall of at least 100 inches.


5. Cower

A dense evergreen forest occupying a tropical region with an annual rainfall of at least 100 inches.

In a deplorable state of distress or misfortune; miserable.

One that is inconvenient, annoying, or vexatious; a bother.

To cringe in fear


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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.