TIE | The Los Angeles Times in Education

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. Laconic

► To have a great ambition or ultimate goal

► The arrangement of events in time

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

► To stress or emphasize; intensify

2. Commemorate

► Marked by hearty conviviality and good cheer.

► To honor the memory of with a ceremony

► Conversation between characters in a drama or narrative

► The act of resting or the state of being at rest.

3. Tranquility

► In a deplorable state of distress or misfortune; miserable.

► The quality or state of being tranquil; serenity.

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

► The systematic procedure by which a complex or scientific task is accomplished.

4. Nebula

► A dense evergreen forest occupying a tropical region with an annual rainfall of at least 100 inches.

► A diffuse mass of interstellar dust or gas or both, visible as luminous patches or areas of darkness

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

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

5. Delegate

► Having or demonstrating enthusiasm

► The repetition of the same sounds or of the same kinds of sounds at the beginning of words or in stressed syllables

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

► The drawing of a conclusion by reasoning; the act of deducing.

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.

DONNED

Words in the News Quiz
5 Middle School Words

DONNED
DEFINITION: To have put something on, as in clothing or hats.	FOUND IN THE NEWS: Quarterback Matthew Stafford donned his neoprene undergarment. ►The Los Angeles Times, 01/19/2026

DONNED

Words in the News Quiz5 Middle School Words

Words in the News Quiz
5 Middle School Words