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. counter
► A long flat-topped fixture in a store or bank across which business is conducted with customers.
► A great amount or number, often of people.
► A barrier constructed across a road, especially as a military defense.
► A process of compensation for losses.
2. hasten
► A particular geographic region.
► Formally put an end to (a system, practice, or institution)
► To make sure or certain of something (usually some future event or condition).
3. unsightly
► To make sure or certain of something (usually some future event or condition).
► Watchful, especially for danger or disorder; alert; wary
4. sociable
► The extent to which something matters; importance
► Anticipating something with anxiety or fear.
► Firm or obstinate continuance in a course of action in spite of difficulty or opposition
► Tending to socialize or be social; friendly; inviting; congenial.
5. observe
► Examine methodically and in detail the constitution or structure of something, esp. information.
► To notice or view, especially carefully or with attention to detail.
► Different from one another; of different kinds or sorts