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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. Hubris

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

Overbearing pride or presumption; arrogance.

To repeat in concise form. To make a summary.

Lacking social polish; tactless.


2. Laissez faire

Noninterference in the affairs of others.

A person unduly fearful or contemptuous of that which is foreign, especially of strangers or foreign peoples.

The process in cell division by which the nucleus divides.

To certify or attest to (the validity of a signature on a document, for example) as a notary public.


3. Detritus

A product of disintegration, destruction, or wearing away; debris.

Having unlimited or universal power, authority, or force; all-powerful.

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

A circular strand of DNA in bacteria that contains the hereditary information necessary for cell life.


4. Supercilious

A place or situation regarded as drawing into its center all that surrounds it.

Feeling or showing haughty disdain.

A set of assumptions, concepts, values, and practices that constitutes a way of viewing reality

A factor that determines a range of variations; a boundary


5. Fatuous

A factor that determines a range of variations; a boundary

To make an accusation against.

Lacking purpose or vitality; feeble or ineffective.

Vacuously, smugly, and unconsciously foolish.


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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.