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. Virtuoso

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.

Having a backbone or spinal column.

A schedule of prices or fees.

A person with masterly skill or technique in the arts.


2. Inference

The act of reasoning from factual knowledge or evidence.

A characteristic rate or rhythm of activity; a pace

To move in waves or with a smooth, wavelike motion.

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


3. Salmonella

To move in waves or with a smooth, wavelike motion.

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

Consuming or eager to consume great amounts of food; ravenous.

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


4. Hieroglyphic

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

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 distribution of energy emitted by a radiant source, arranged in order of wavelengths.

A picture or decorative design made by setting small colored pieces, as of stone or tile, into a surface.


5. Bamboozle

To proclaim publicly

A cult or religious movement, a group sharing particular (often unorthodox) political and/or religious beliefs.

To take in by elaborate methods of deceit

To stress or emphasize; intensify


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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.