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. Exult

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

► Strikingly unconventional and far-fetched in style or appearance; odd

► To rejoice greatly; be jubilant or triumphant

2. Eclectic

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

► To stress or emphasize; intensify

► The right or privilege of voting; franchise.

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

3. Light-Year

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

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

► Of, relating to, or occurring in the night

► Being without or almost without hope

4. Stereotype

► A proportional part or share.

► A Y-shaped protein on the surface of B cells that is secreted into the blood or lymph in response to an antigenic stimulus

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

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

5. Typhoon

► An embankment built to prevent flooding

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

► Having a backbone or spinal column.

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

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.

JEOPARDIZE

Words in the News Quiz
5 Middle School Words

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

JEOPARDIZE

Words in the News Quiz5 Middle School Words

Words in the News Quiz
5 Middle School Words