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. significance
► A great amount or number, often of people.
► Existing or occurring at the moment.
► Something small enough to escape casual notice.
► The extent to which something matters; importance
2. compromise
► To move or swing a weapon back and forth, particularly if demonstrating skill.
► Having traits or characteristics in common; alike, comparable.
► A thing that is granted, esp. in response to demands.
► Anything that assures a certain outcome.
3. counter
► A movement or series of moves requiring skill and care
► A long flat-topped fixture in a store or bank across which business is conducted with customers.
► A relationship of resemblance or equivalence between two situations, people, or objects,
4. ominous
► In order of time from the earliest to the latest
► The result or outcome of a cause.
► Specifically, giving indication of a coming ill; being an evil omen
► To refill; to renew; to supply again or to add a fresh quantity.
5. reflection
► The throwing back by a body or surface of light, heat, or sound without absorbing it
► Disappointingly inadequate; gloomy and bleak.
► To make sure or certain of something (usually some future event or condition).
► To notice or view, especially carefully or with attention to detail.