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. Camouflage

► To stress or emphasize; intensify

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

► Not subject to an obligation imposed on others; exempt.

► The act of reasoning from factual knowledge or evidence.

2. Kilometer

► A metric unit of length equal to 1,000 meters (0.62 mile).

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

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

3. Ozone

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

► Grossly offensive to decency or morality.

► An unstable, poisonous allotrope of oxygen.

► A schedule of prices or fees.

4. Hologram

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

► The systematic procedure by which a complex or scientific task is accomplished.

► The pattern produced on a photosensitive medium that has been exposed by holography and then photographically developed.

► A relationship of mutual benefit or dependence.

5. Mosaic

► A picture or decorative design made by setting small colored pieces, as of stone or tile, into a surface.

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

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

► One that speaks for, represents, or advocates

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.

DISCERN

Words in the News Quiz
5 Middle School Words

DISCERN
DEFINITION: To see, recognize, or understand something that is not clear.	FOUND IN THE NEWS: As you can discern, we have a rather complex group of vehicle violations that need to be cured. ►The Las Vegas Review-Journal, 10/26/2026

DISCERN

Words in the News Quiz5 Middle School Words

Words in the News Quiz
5 Middle School Words