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. Parasite

► The distance that light travels in a vacuum in one year.

► A treeless area between the icecap and the tree line of Arctic regions, having a permanently frozen subsoil and supporting low-growing vegetation

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

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

2. Suffrage

► Loud, noisy, and lacking in restraint or discipline

► The arrangement of events in time

► The right or privilege of voting; franchise.

► To honor the memory of with a ceremony

3. Wretched

► The method or result of concealing personnel or equipment from an enemy by making them appear to be part of the natural surroundings

► Having or demonstrating enthusiasm

► In a deplorable state of distress or misfortune; miserable.

► To proclaim publicly

4. Rainforest

► A disorderly commotion or disturbance.

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

► A dense evergreen forest occupying a tropical region with an annual rainfall of at least 100 inches.

► A form of a verb that in some languages, such as English, can function independently as an adjective.

5. Cower

► A Y-shaped protein on the surface of B cells that is secreted into the blood or lymph in response to an antigenic stimulus

► To cringe in fear

► The main character in a drama or other literary work.

► A teacher and guide in spiritual and philosophical matters.

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