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. Parasite

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

► Something that is passed down from preceding generations; a tradition.

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

► A cult or religious movement, a group sharing particular (often unorthodox) political and/or religious beliefs.

2. Suffrage

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

► One thing conceived as representing another; a symbol.

► A conventional, formulaic, and oversimplified conception, opinion, or image.

► The right or privilege of voting; franchise.

3. Pulverize

► A state of uncertainty or perplexity.

► To pound, crush, or grind to a powder or dust.

► The distance that light travels in a vacuum in one year.

► A movement or procedure involving skill and dexterity.

4. Delegate

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

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

► Inspiring awe, admiration, or wonder

► A weather phenomenon in the Eastern Pacific that is precisely equivalent to a hurricane.

5. Lichen

► A weather phenomenon in the Eastern Pacific that is precisely equivalent to a hurricane.

► A person with masterly skill or technique in the arts.

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

► Enforced isolation or restriction of free movement imposed to prevent the spread of contagious disease.

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.

REMEDIATION

Words in the News Quiz
5 Middle School Words

REMEDIATION
DEFINITION: The action of remedying something, in particular of reversing or stopping environmental damage.	FOUND IN THE NEWS: Chief Building Official Ron Wampler initially sent out a stop-work order by email on Wednesday to Marino Construction until a soil remediation plan is done, as advised by DEP officials. ►The Key West Citizen, 03/02/2026

REMEDIATION

Words in the News Quiz5 Middle School Words

Words in the News Quiz
5 Middle School Words