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. Suffrage

A member of an irregular, usually indigenous military or paramilitary unit operating in small bands in occupied territory to harass and undermine the enemy

The right or privilege of voting; franchise.

A proportional part or share.

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


2. Boisterous

Loud, noisy, and lacking in restraint or discipline

An intricate structure of interconnecting passages through which it is difficult to find one’s way; a maze.

A rebirth or revival.

Exceeding the limits of propriety or good manners; improperly forward or bold


3. Immune

A rebirth or revival.

Exceeding the limits of propriety or good manners; improperly forward or bold

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

Not subject to an obligation imposed on others; exempt.


4. Nebula

A poisonous substance, especially a protein, that is produced by living cells or organisms.

Of, relating to, or occurring in the night

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

A diffuse mass of interstellar dust or gas or both, visible as luminous patches or areas of darkness


5. Divulge

To grow well or luxuriantly; thrive

The distance that light travels in a vacuum in one year.

To proclaim publicly

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


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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.