A. DIRECTIONS: Each word below uses the prefix counter- Circle the word that fits in
each sentence

1. Our initial assault was repulsed and we took up positions behind our
fortifications awaiting a

A. counterargument
B. counterattack

2. We needed to put more weight in the back of the canoe to
load in the front

A. counterbalance
B. counterblow

3. After being falsely accused by my neighbor of stealing his ladder, I leveled a
that he had, in fact, stolen my ladder.

A. counterculture
B. countercharge

4. I was sent to work in
to attempt an infiltration into a foreign
spy outfit

A. counterespionage
B. counterexample

5. The United States increased its atomic arsenal as a
against the
U. S.S. R.

A. counterfactual
B. counterforce