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
► To run away with quick light steps, to scamper.
► A mixture of various ingredients or elements.
2. ominous
► Specifically, giving indication of a coming ill; being an evil omen
► Self-confidence; poise; composure.
► Unspoiled; still with its original purity; uncorrupted or unsullied
► The smaller number or part, esp. a number that is less than half the whole number
3. banish
► The smaller number or part, esp. a number that is less than half the whole number
► To send someone away and forbid that person from returning.
► A great amount or number, often of people.
4. counter
► Capable of doing many things competently
► A long flat-topped fixture in a store or bank across which business is conducted with customers.
► Allowing light to pass through but diffusing it
► To notice or view, especially carefully or with attention to detail.
5. hasten
► To make stable or firm; to confirm.
► A feeling of contempt or scorn.
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