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. Gargoyle

► Conversation between characters in a drama or narrative

► Having a buoyant or self-confident air; brisk.

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

► A grotesque ornamental figure or projection.

2. Levee

► To swing indecisively from one course of action or opinion to another.

► Forfeiture of something highly valued for the sake of one considered to have a greater value or claim.

► An embankment built to prevent flooding

► The drawing of a conclusion by reasoning; the act of deducing.

3. Parasite

► The arrangement of events in time

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

► Of or relating to the range of invisible radiation wavelengths from about 4 nanometers, on the border of the x-ray region, to about 380 nanometers, just beyond the violet in the visible spectrum.

► The supporting and water-conducting tissue of vascular plants, consisting primarily of tracheids and vessels; woody tissue.

4. Rainforest

► The supporting and water-conducting tissue of vascular plants, consisting primarily of tracheids and vessels; woody tissue.

► Any of several rod-shaped bacteria, of the genus Salmonella, that cause food poisoning and other diseases.

► A member of an irregular, usually indigenous military or paramilitary unit operating in small bands in occupied territory to harass and undermine the enemy

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

5. Maneuver

► To proclaim publicly

► The right or privilege of voting; franchise.

► A movement or procedure involving skill and dexterity.

► The quality or state of being tranquil; serenity.

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