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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

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. Incontrovertible

A sudden manifestation of the essence or meaning of something.

The process in green plants and certain other organisms by which carbohydrates are synthesized from carbon dioxide and water using light as an energy source.

Impossible to dispute; unquestionable

A factor that determines a range of variations; a boundary


2. Filibuster

To repeat in concise form. To make a summary.

Interchanged, given, or owed to each other.

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

Lacking purpose or vitality; feeble or ineffective.


3. Enervate

Put together; created.

To weaken or destroy the strength or vitality of.

The iron-containing respiratory pigment in red blood cells of vertebrates.

Quickness, accuracy, and keenness of judgment or insight.


4. Facetious

Quickness, accuracy, and keenness of judgment or insight.

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

Something done or paid to compensate or make amends.

Playfully jocular; humorous


5. Oxidize

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

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

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

To proceed completely around:


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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.