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. Ozone

Having a buoyant or self-confident air; brisk.

The branch of biology that deals with animals and animal life, including the study of the structure, physiology, development, and classification of animals.

An unstable, poisonous allotrope of oxygen.

To honor the memory of with a ceremony


2. Sacrifice

Forfeiture of something highly valued for the sake of one considered to have a greater value or claim.

One who rejects a religion, cause, allegiance, or group for another; a deserter.

An elevated, comparatively level expanse of land; a tableland.

The practice of professing beliefs, feelings, or virtues that one does not hold or possess; falseness.


3. Ellipse

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

The locus of points for which the sum of the distances from each point to two fixed points is equal

Any of various nonplacental mammals, including kangaroos, opossums, bandicoots, and wombats, found principally in Australia and the Americas.

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


4. Boycott

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

Marked by hearty conviviality and good cheer.

The main character in a drama or other literary work.

To abstain from or act together in abstaining from using, buying, or dealing with as an expression of protest or disfavor or as a means of coercion


5. Decorum

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

Appropriateness of behavior or conduct

A grotesque ornamental figure or projection.

Of, relating to, or occurring in the night


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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.