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. Circumnavigate

Physics that deals with the relationships and conversions between heat and other forms of energy.

To proceed completely around:

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

Not interesting; dull:


2. Quotidian

An extremely distant, and thus old, celestial object whose power output is several thousand times that of our entire galaxy.

Impossible to dispute; unquestionable

Everyday; commonplace.

Falling off or shed at a specific season or stage of growth:


3. Kinetic

To make an accusation against.

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

Of, relating to, or produced by motion.

A temple tower of the ancient Assyrians and Babylonians, having the form of a terraced pyramid of successively receding stories.


4. Hubris

Feeling or showing haughty disdain.

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

To increase the positive charge or valence of (an element) by removing electrons.

Overbearing pride or presumption; arrogance.


5. Abstemious

Eating and drinking in moderation.

The basic unit of currency among participating European Union countries.

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

Not limited to or associated with a particular religious denomination.


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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.