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. Omnivore

► One that takes in everything available, as with the mind.

► The food-conducting tissue of vascular plants, consisting of sieve tubes, fibers, parenchyma, and sclereids.

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

► To move back or away from a limit, point, or mark

2. Suffrage

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

► To move back or away from a limit, point, or mark

► Similarity in some respects between things that are otherwise dissimilar.

► The right or privilege of voting; franchise.

3. Tempo

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

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

► A characteristic rate or rhythm of activity; a pace

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

4. Tumult

► A form of a verb that in some languages, such as English, can function independently as an adjective.

► Enforced isolation or restriction of free movement imposed to prevent the spread of contagious disease.

► A disorderly commotion or disturbance.

► The pattern produced on a photosensitive medium that has been exposed by holography and then photographically developed.

5. Bizarre

► A schedule of prices or fees.

► The arrangement of events in time

► 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

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

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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.