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. The power to affect, control or manipulate something or someone; the ability to change the development of fluctuating things such as conduct, thoughts or decisions.
2. To attempt to stop the progression of.
3. Allowing light to pass through but diffusing it
4. The throwing back by a body or surface of light, heat, or sound without absorbing it
5. Watchful, especially for danger or disorder; alert; wary