Words in the News Quiz
5 Elementary Words

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. An attempt to deceive someone into believing that one can or will do something.

► furtive

► materialize

► bluff

► headway

2. Subject; theme; a category or general area of interest.

3. Capable of doing many things competently

4. Unspoiled; still with its original purity; uncorrupted or unsullied

5. More or most likely to be exposed to the chance of being attacked or harmed, either physically or emotionally.

This Week's Word In The News

COUNTERVAILING
DEFINITION: Acting against with equal force. Exerting force against an opposing and often bad or harmful force or influence.	FOUND IN THE NEWS: The announcement came after the Government Accountability Board faced countervailing pressures from those who urged that the petitions be made readily available and from those who raised concerns about the safety of domestic abuse victims who wanted to keep their addresses confidential. ►Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 02/06/2012