
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. observe
► The brink of a dangerous situation.
► Strange or mysterious, esp. in an unsettling way
► To notice or view, especially carefully or with attention to detail.
► A great amount or number, often of people.
2. similar
► To build or form something by assembling parts.
► A mixture of various ingredients or elements.
► Having traits or characteristics in common; alike, comparable.
3. dismal
► To clarify or make something understandable
► To make clear; to free from obscurities; to brighten or illuminate.
► Enthusiasm; enjoyment, vigor
► Disappointingly inadequate; gloomy and bleak.
4. counter
► To sway back and forth; to totter or reel.
► The act of exasperating or the state of being exasperated; irritation; keen or bitter anger.
► More than half (50%) of some group
► A long flat-topped fixture in a store or bank across which business is conducted with customers.
5. weather
► The result or outcome of a cause.
► The throwing back by a body or surface of light, heat, or sound without absorbing it
► To move or swing a weapon back and forth, particularly if demonstrating skill.