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 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. Totalitarian

► Clear to the understanding.

► A form of government in which the political authority exercises absolute and centralized control over all aspects of life,

► Overbearing pride or presumption; arrogance.

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

2. Belie

► A dramatic or literary form of discourse in which a character talks to himself or herself or reveals his or her thoughts without addressing a listener.

► To picture falsely; misrepresent.

► Not limited to or associated with a particular religious denomination.

► Belonging to the period before a war, especially the American Civil War.

3. Wrought

► Put together; created.

► A diligent, dependable worker.

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

► The basic unit of currency among participating European Union countries.

4. Pecuniary

► Of or relating to money

► A doctrine holding that all values are baseless and that nothing can be known or communicated.

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

► Of, relating to, or produced by motion.

5. Sanguine

► Of, relating to, or produced by motion.

► Tumultuous; stormy.

► Cheerfully confident; optimistic.

► To insert or introduce between other elements or parts.

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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.