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. Salmonella

► To rejoice greatly; be jubilant or triumphant

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

► One who habitually takes advantage of the generosity of others without making any useful return.

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

2. Antibody

► To take in by elaborate methods of deceit

► A Y-shaped protein on the surface of B cells that is secreted into the blood or lymph in response to an antigenic stimulus

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

► To cringe in fear

3. Quandary

► A state of uncertainty or perplexity.

► Relating to a system of writing, such as that of ancient Egypt, in which pictorial symbols are used to represent meaning or sounds or a combination of meaning and sound.

► Grossly offensive to decency or morality.

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

4. Camouflage

► Grossly offensive to decency or morality.

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

► 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 method or result of concealing personnel or equipment from an enemy by making them appear to be part of the natural surroundings

5. Kilometer

► One that is inconvenient, annoying, or vexatious; a bother.

► A metric unit of length equal to 1,000 meters (0.62 mile).

► A treeless area between the icecap and the tree line of Arctic regions, having a permanently frozen subsoil and supporting low-growing vegetation

► Using or marked by the use of few words; terse or concise.

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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.