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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.
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

Words in the News Quiz
5 Middle 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. Hologram

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

A rebirth or revival.

Any of various relatively small sailing or motor-driven vessels used for pleasure cruises or racing.

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


2. Spectrum

The distribution of energy emitted by a radiant source, arranged in order of wavelengths.

To honor the memory of with a ceremony

A fungus, usually of the class Ascomycetes, that grows symbiotically with algae,

Marked by hearty conviviality and good cheer.


3. Voracious

Marked by hearty conviviality and good cheer.

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

Consuming or eager to consume great amounts of food; ravenous.

One that speaks for, represents, or advocates


4. Quandary

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

To swing indecisively from one course of action or opinion to another.

A state of uncertainty or perplexity.

Of or relating to the range of invisible radiation wavelengths from about 4 nanometers, on the border of the x-ray region, to about 380 nanometers, just beyond the violet in the visible spectrum.


5. Participle

A movement or procedure involving skill and dexterity.

The quality or state of being tranquil; serenity.

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

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


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