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. Suffrage

► To rejoice greatly; be jubilant or triumphant

► The right or privilege of voting; franchise.

► To stress or emphasize; intensify

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

2. Cower

► The arrangement of events in time

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

► To cringe in fear

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

3. Lichen

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

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

► Having a backbone or spinal column.

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

4. Bandolier

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

► 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 weather phenomenon in the Eastern Pacific that is precisely equivalent to a hurricane.

5. Tranquility

► A treeless area between the icecap and the tree line of Arctic regions, having a permanently frozen subsoil and supporting low-growing vegetation

► The quality or state of being tranquil; serenity.

► One that speaks for, represents, or advocates

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

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.

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DEFINITION: Having a site, situation, or location.	FOUND IN THE NEWS: If the Netflix deal goes through, it could have implications for New Mexico, with one of Netflix’s major facilities situated in Albuquerque’s Mesa del Sol community, local industry experts say. ►The Albuquerque Journal, 01/12/2026

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Words in the News Quiz5 Middle School Words

Words in the News Quiz
5 Middle School Words