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
► More than half (50%) of some group
► To run away with quick light steps, to scamper.
► Facts or observations presented in support of an assertion.
► Timid, fearful, overly cautious
2. ensure
► To make sure or certain of something (usually some future event or condition).
► To start (a fire) or light (a torch).
► Exhibiting guilty or evasive secrecy.
► The dividing line or location between two areas.
3. element
► Of a central nature, first and foremost
► The person, place or thing from which something (information, goods, etc.) comes or is acquired.
4. document
► A form of acrobatic display which involves the dramatic bending and flexing of the human body.
► To refill; to renew; to supply again or to add a fresh quantity.
► Formally put an end to (a system, practice, or institution)
5. function
► Offensive or repulsive; arousing disgust or aversion
► Tending to socialize or be social; friendly; inviting; congenial.
► What something does or is used for.
► Anticipating something with anxiety or fear.
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