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. Quotidian

► Everyday; commonplace.

► Something done or paid to compensate or make amends.

► Either of two points on the celestial sphere at which the ecliptic intersects the celestial equator.

► Of or relating to a holding of something in trust for another.

2. Nihilism

► Either of two points on the celestial sphere at which the ecliptic intersects the celestial equator.

► Of or relating to a holding of something in trust for another.

► To remove erroneous, vulgar, obscene, or otherwise objectionable material from (a book, for example) before publication.

► A doctrine holding that all values are baseless and that nothing can be known or communicated.

3. Subjugate

► A plane curve formed by the intersection of a right circular cone and a plane parallel to an element of the cone.

► The lowest point

► To bring under control; conquer.

► To divide (a geographic area) into voting districts so as to give unfair advantage to one party in elections.

4. Orthography

► A marked change in appearance, character, condition, or function.

► The art or study of correct spelling according to established usage.

► A factor that determines a range of variations; a boundary

► To picture falsely; misrepresent.

5. Fatuous

► The side of a right triangle opposite the right angle.

► A system of names used in an art or science:

► Vacuously, smugly, and unconsciously foolish.

► Of the same or similar nature or kind

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.

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Words in the News Quiz
5 High School Words

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DEFINITION: Utterly hopeless, miserable, humiliating, or wretched.	FOUND IN THE NEWS: In a succinct and devastating assessment, the head of the Texas Department of Public Safety told lawmakers Tuesday that the delayed law enforcement response to the gunman inside a Uvalde elementary school was an "abject failure" that ignored lessons from previous school shootings. ►The Amarillo Globe-News, 06/27/2022

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Words in the News Quiz5 High School Words

Words in the News Quiz
5 High School Words