
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. scurry
► Firm or obstinate continuance in a course of action in spite of difficulty or opposition
► Assuming power or authority without justification; arrogant and domineering
► To run away with quick light steps, to scamper.
► A glowing piece of coal or wood.
2. conclude
► Having traits or characteristics in common; alike, comparable.
► A long flat-topped fixture in a store or bank across which business is conducted with customers.
3. interdependence
► What something does or is used for.
► Open resistance; bold disobedience.
► The act of exasperating or the state of being exasperated; irritation; keen or bitter anger.
4. classify
► Of a central nature, first and foremost
► To identify by or divide into classes; to categorize.
► A gift or payment to a common fund or collection.
5. terse
► Sly; crafty; clever in surreptitious behaviour.
► To hear a conversation one is not intended to hear; to listen in.
► Brief, concise, to the point.