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. Bamboozle

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

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

► To take in by elaborate methods of deceit

► To condescend to give or grant

2. Introspection

► A preparation of a weakened or killed pathogen.

► Self-examination.

► A drawing consisting of the outline of something, especially a human profile, filled in with a solid color.

► An unstable, poisonous allotrope of oxygen.

3. Typhoon

► To honor the memory of with a ceremony

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

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

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

4. Renaissance

► To move in waves or with a smooth, wavelike motion.

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

► A rebirth or revival.

► Appropriateness of behavior or conduct

5. Toxin

► Incorrectness of reasoning or belief

► A poisonous substance, especially a protein, that is produced by living cells or organisms.

► Having a backbone or spinal column.

► The arrangement of events in time

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.

WILDFIRE

Words in the News Quiz
5 Middle School Words

WILDFIRE
DEFINITION: An unplanned and uncontrolled fire in an area of combustible vegetation.	FOUND IN THE NEWS: It was not yet clear how the wildfires started, but a long drought, low humidity and strong winds were fueling them. ►The Key West Citizen, 04/27/2026

WILDFIRE

Words in the News Quiz5 Middle School Words

Words in the News Quiz
5 Middle School Words