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. Outrageous

► A characteristic rate or rhythm of activity; a pace

► A grotesque ornamental figure or projection.

► To honor the memory of with a ceremony

► Grossly offensive to decency or morality.

2. Fallacy

► Incorrectness of reasoning or belief

► An embankment built to prevent flooding

► An ammunition belt, worn over the shoulder, having loops or pockets for cartridges.

► A rebirth or revival.

3. Ellipse

► A rebirth or revival.

► A fungus, usually of the class Ascomycetes, that grows symbiotically with algae,

► The locus of points for which the sum of the distances from each point to two fixed points is equal

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

4. Technique

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

► Consuming or eager to consume great amounts of food; ravenous.

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

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

5. Quarantine

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

► The right or privilege of voting; franchise.

► Having or demonstrating enthusiasm

► Enforced isolation or restriction of free movement imposed to prevent the spread of contagious disease.

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.

OVERZEALOUS

Words in the News Quiz
5 Middle School Words

OVERZEALOUS
DEFINITION: Showing too much energy or enthusiasm in pursuit of a cause or objective.	FOUND IN THE NEWS: Patrolmen’s Association, the city’s largest police union, attributed the encounter to an “overzealous poll worker who was complaining to the officer that the councilor shouldn’t have even been inside.” ►The Boston Herald, 11/17/2025

OVERZEALOUS

Words in the News Quiz5 Middle School Words

Words in the News Quiz
5 Middle School Words