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. Technique

► Using or marked by the use of few words; terse or concise.

► Having a backbone or spinal column.

► Either of two times of the year when the sun is at its greatest distance from the celestial equator.

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

2. Levee

► The pattern produced on a photosensitive medium that has been exposed by holography and then photographically developed.

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

► The right or privilege of voting; franchise.

► An embankment built to prevent flooding

3. Immune

► To grow well or luxuriantly; thrive

► Marked by hearty conviviality and good cheer.

► Not subject to an obligation imposed on others; exempt.

► Of, relating to, or occurring in the night

4. Bandolier

► A proportional part or share.

► Loud, noisy, and lacking in restraint or discipline

► An ammunition belt, worn over the shoulder, having loops or pockets for cartridges.

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

5. Impertinent

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

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

► To rejoice greatly; be jubilant or triumphant

► The repetition of the same sounds or of the same kinds of sounds at the beginning of words or in stressed syllables

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