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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 High 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. Epiphany

Either of two points on the celestial sphere at which the ecliptic intersects the celestial equator.

The basic unit of currency among participating European Union countries.

A sudden manifestation of the essence or meaning of something.

Feeling or showing haughty disdain.


2. Respiration

Mournful, dismal, or gloomy, especially to an exaggerated or ludicrous degree.

Division into ordered groups or categories.

The act or process of inhaling and exhaling; breathing.

The lowest point


3. Parameter

Having one’s true identity concealed.

A doctrine holding that all values are baseless and that nothing can be known or communicated.

An underlying base or foundation especially for an organization or system.

A factor that determines a range of variations; a boundary


4. Bellicose

Warlike in manner or temperament; pugnacious.

Of the same or similar nature or kind

To remove erroneous, vulgar, obscene, or otherwise objectionable material from (a book, for example) before publication.

Vacuously, smugly, and unconsciously foolish.


5. Inculcate

To impress (something) upon the mind of another by frequent instruction or repetition; instill.

To weaken or destroy the strength or vitality of.

A part, portion, or share.

The art or study of correct spelling according to established usage.


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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.