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. Embargo

► A prohibition by a government on certain or all trade with a foreign nation

► Incorrectness of reasoning or belief

► Conversation between characters in a drama or narrative

► One thing conceived as representing another; a symbol.

2. Hieroglyphic

► Relating to a system of writing, such as that of ancient Egypt, in which pictorial symbols are used to represent meaning or sounds or a combination of meaning and sound.

► The quality or state of being tranquil; serenity.

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

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

3. Jaunty

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

► To move back or away from a limit, point, or mark

► Having a buoyant or self-confident air; brisk.

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

4. Suffrage

► The right or privilege of voting; franchise.

► A preparation of a weakened or killed pathogen.

► A schedule of prices or fees.

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

5. Maneuver

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

► An elevated, comparatively level expanse of land; a tableland.

► A movement or procedure involving skill and dexterity.

► The practice of professing beliefs, feelings, or virtues that one does not hold or possess; falseness.

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.

PARLIAMENTARIAN

Words in the News Quiz
5 Middle School Words

PARLIAMENTARIAN
DEFINITION: A consultant who advises the presiding officer and other officers, committees, and members on matters of parliamentary procedure.	FOUND IN THE NEWS: Mia Cooper, a parliamentarian for the district, brought her daughter to district meetings and state-level education forums as the girl grew up. ►The Los Angeles Times, 03/09/2026

PARLIAMENTARIAN

Words in the News Quiz5 Middle School Words

Words in the News Quiz
5 Middle School Words