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. Renaissance

► A proportional part or share.

► A rebirth or revival.

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

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

2. Flourish

► To grow well or luxuriantly; thrive

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

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

► To abstain from or act together in abstaining from using, buying, or dealing with as an expression of protest or disfavor or as a means of coercion

3. Hypocrisy

► The practice of professing beliefs, feelings, or virtues that one does not hold or possess; falseness.

► A person authorized to act as representative for another; a deputy.

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

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

4. Impertinent

► Self-examination.

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

► An unstable, poisonous allotrope of oxygen.

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

5. Parasite

► The arrangement of events in time

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

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

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

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.

JEOPARDIZE

Words in the News Quiz
5 Middle School Words

JEOPARDIZE
DEFINITION: Put (someone or something) into a situation in which there is a danger of loss, harm, or failure	FOUND IN THE NEWS: “Pursuing the primary further would only jeopardize the likelihood of defeating Maura Healey in November.” ►The Boston Herald, 05/11/2026

JEOPARDIZE

Words in the News Quiz5 Middle School Words

Words in the News Quiz
5 Middle School Words