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. Labyrinth

► A person with masterly skill or technique in the arts.

► Appropriateness of behavior or conduct

► An intricate structure of interconnecting passages through which it is difficult to find one’s way; a maze.

► A cult or religious movement, a group sharing particular (often unorthodox) political and/or religious beliefs.

2. Tariff

► To rejoice greatly; be jubilant or triumphant

► To pound, crush, or grind to a powder or dust.

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

► A schedule of prices or fees.

3. Protagonist

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

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

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

► The arrangement of events in time

4. Guerrilla

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

► One thing conceived as representing another; a symbol.

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

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

5. Strategy

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

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

► To move in waves or with a smooth, wavelike motion.

► The science and art of using all the forces of a nation to execute approved plans as effectively as possible during peace or war.

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.

REMEDIATION

Words in the News Quiz
5 Middle School Words

REMEDIATION
DEFINITION: The action of remedying something, in particular of reversing or stopping environmental damage.	FOUND IN THE NEWS: Chief Building Official Ron Wampler initially sent out a stop-work order by email on Wednesday to Marino Construction until a soil remediation plan is done, as advised by DEP officials. ►The Key West Citizen, 03/02/2026

REMEDIATION

Words in the News Quiz5 Middle School Words

Words in the News Quiz
5 Middle School Words