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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. Unanimous

A proportional part or share.

Of, relating to, or occurring in the night

Sharing the same opinions or views; being in complete harmony or accord.

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


2. Yacht

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

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

To honor the memory of with a ceremony

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


3. Jaunty

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.

Having a buoyant or self-confident air; brisk.

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

The science and art of using all the forces of a nation to execute approved plans as effectively as possible during peace or war.


4. Mutation

An alteration or change, as in nature, form, or quality.

A member of an irregular, usually indigenous military or paramilitary unit operating in small bands in occupied territory to harass and undermine the enemy

A person authorized to act as representative for another; a deputy.

To cringe in fear


5. Marsupial

A person authorized to act as representative for another; a deputy.

To cringe in fear

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

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


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