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. Stereotype

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

► A conventional, formulaic, and oversimplified conception, opinion, or image.

► One thing conceived as representing another; a symbol.

► A relationship of mutual benefit or dependence.

2. Unanimous

► Sharing the same opinions or views; being in complete harmony or accord.

► A movement or procedure involving skill and dexterity.

► A prohibition by a government on certain or all trade with a foreign nation

► An elevated, comparatively level expanse of land; a tableland.

3. Bizarre

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

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

► One that takes in everything available, as with the mind.

► To take in by elaborate methods of deceit

4. Levee

► Conversation between characters in a drama or narrative

► An embankment built to prevent flooding

► A closed plane figure bounded by three or more line segments.

► Having no specific pattern, purpose, or objective.

5. Quandary

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

► A state of uncertainty or perplexity.

► One that speaks for, represents, or advocates

► To condescend to give or grant

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.

RESPIRATORY

Words in the News Quiz
5 Middle School Words

RESPIRATORY
DEFINITION: Relating to breathing.	FOUND IN THE NEWS: They weren’t warned to wear respiratory and other personal protection because the burning composite materials from the F-35 stealth fighter were releasing potentially harmful airborne particles and fibers, according to the lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court in Albuquerque. ►The Albuquerque Journal, 03/30/2026

RESPIRATORY

Words in the News Quiz5 Middle School Words

Words in the News Quiz
5 Middle School Words