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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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Words in the News Quiz
5 High School Words

Click on the correct answer in the quiz below.
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. Incognito

To weaken or destroy the strength or vitality of.

Extremely rapid, hasty, or abrupt; precipitate.

Having one’s true identity concealed.

The process in cell division by which the nucleus divides.


2. Infrastructure

Impossible to dispute; unquestionable

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

To endow with the rights of citizenship, especially the right to vote.

The act or process of inhaling and exhaling; breathing.


3. Euro

Feeling or showing haughty disdain.

The science and technology of building electronic circuits and devices from single atoms and molecules.

The basic unit of currency among participating European Union countries.

The use of words to express something different from and often opposite to their literal meaning.


4. Filibuster

The use of obstructionist tactics, especially prolonged speechmaking, for the purpose of delaying legislative action.

A marked change in appearance, character, condition, or function.

Vacuously, smugly, and unconsciously foolish.

Of, relating to, or produced by motion.


5. Abrogate

The lowest point

To abolish, do away with, or annul, especially by authority.

Lacking purpose or vitality; feeble or ineffective.

A reproductive cell having the haploid number of chromosomes, especially a mature sperm or egg capable of fusing with a gamete of the opposite sex to produce the fertilized egg.


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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.