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. Inference

► Exceeding the limits of propriety or good manners; improperly forward or bold

► The act of reasoning from factual knowledge or evidence.

► The supporting and water-conducting tissue of vascular plants, consisting primarily of tracheids and vessels; woody tissue.

► One thing conceived as representing another; a symbol.

2. Technique

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

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

► Self-examination.

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

3. Voracious

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

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

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

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

4. Bamboozle

► To grow well or luxuriantly; thrive

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

► To take in by elaborate methods of deceit

► To proclaim publicly

5. Parasite

► Selecting or employing individual elements from a variety of sources, systems, or styles

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

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

► A movement or procedure involving skill and dexterity.

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.

RESPIRATORY

Words in the News Quiz
5 Middle School Words

RESPIRATORY
DEFINITION: Relating to breathing.	FOUND IN THE NEWS: They weren’t warned to wear respiratory and other personal protection because the burning composite materials from the F-35 stealth fighter were releasing potentially harmful airborne particles and fibers, according to the lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court in Albuquerque. ►The Albuquerque Journal, 03/30/2026

RESPIRATORY

Words in the News Quiz5 Middle School Words

Words in the News Quiz
5 Middle School Words