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. A set of assumptions, concepts, values, and practices that constitutes a way of viewing reality

► Orthography

► Paradigm

► Enervate

► Facetious

2. A circular strand of DNA in bacteria that contains the hereditary information necessary for cell life.

3. A system of names used in an art or science:

4. A product of disintegration, destruction, or wearing away; debris.

5. A sudden manifestation of the essence or meaning of something.

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.

BREACH

Words in the News Quiz
5 High School Words

BREACH
DEFINITION: An act of breaking or failing to observe a law, agreement, or code of conduct.	FOUND IN THE NEWS: The Cockroach Janata Party’s three leaders — Abhijeet Dipke, Saurav Das and Ashutosh Ranka — were freed on condition that they commit “no breach of peace for one year,” Ratna Singh, the movement’s legal director, said in a social media post. ►Associated Press, 10/12/2026

BREACH

Words in the News Quiz5 High School Words

Words in the News Quiz
5 High School Words