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. Laissez faire

► A reproductive cell having the haploid number of chromosomes, especially a mature sperm or egg capable of fusing with a gamete of the opposite sex to produce the fertilized egg.

► Of the same or similar nature or kind

► Noninterference in the affairs of others.

► A form of government in which the political authority exercises absolute and centralized control over all aspects of life,

2. Reparation

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

► Something done or paid to compensate or make amends.

► To make an accusation against.

► To separate or get rid of (an undesirable part); eliminate.

3. Suffragist

► To separate or get rid of (an undesirable part); eliminate.

► A diligent, dependable worker.

► To proceed completely around:

► An advocate of the extension of political voting rights, especially to women.

4. Xenophobe

► Shaking and vibration at the surface of the earth resulting from underground movement along a fault plane.

► A person unduly fearful or contemptuous of that which is foreign, especially of strangers or foreign peoples.

► The act or process of inhaling and exhaling; breathing.

► Falling off or shed at a specific season or stage of growth:

5. Lucid

► Logical incongruity

► Clear to the understanding.

► Lacking or marked by a lack of self-confidence; shy and timid.

► Characterized by forcefulness of expression or intensity of emotion or conviction; fervid.

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.

ARID

Words in the News Quiz
5 High School Words

ARID
DEFINITION: Being without moisture; extremely dry; parched.	FOUND IN THE NEWS: The unpredictability of illegal fireworks make them dangerous in the arid desert climate, said Riddle, who is also bureau commander of Metro’s Northeast Area Command. ►The Las Vegas Review-Journal, 06/30/2025

ARID

Words in the News Quiz5 High School Words

Words in the News Quiz
5 High School Words