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. reflection
► The dividing line or location between two areas.
► The throwing back by a body or surface of light, heat, or sound without absorbing it
► A form of acrobatic display which involves the dramatic bending and flexing of the human body.
► To attempt to stop the progression of.
2. counter
► To hear a conversation one is not intended to hear; to listen in.
► The ability to foresee or prepare wisely for the future.
► A long flat-topped fixture in a store or bank across which business is conducted with customers.
► Something that impedes, stands in the way of, or holds up progress
3. uncanny
► To overpower; to subdue; to put down.
► Strange or mysterious, esp. in an unsettling way
► Timid, fearful, overly cautious
► The line that bounds a circle or other two-dimensional figure.
4. acquire
► The line that bounds a circle or other two-dimensional figure.
► Enthusiasm; enjoyment, vigor
► To exclude; to specify as being an exception.
► To gain, usually by one's own exertions; to get as one's own.
5. aptitude
► A gift or payment to a common fund or collection.
► A particular geographic region.
► Natural ability to acquire knowledge or skill.
► Brief, concise, to the point.