Resources for Teachers and Students
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. Thermodynamics
► Not limited to or associated with a particular religious denomination.
► Physics that deals with the relationships and conversions between heat and other forms of energy.
► A marked change in appearance, character, condition, or function.
► To make an accusation against.
2. Laissez faire
► Noninterference in the affairs of others.
► The basic unit of currency among participating European Union countries.
► Eating and drinking in moderation.
3. Orthography
► The art or study of correct spelling according to established usage.
► Full of or exhibiting servile compliance; fawning.
► Impossible to dispute; unquestionable
4. Suffragist
► An advocate of the extension of political voting rights, especially to women.
► Of or relating to a holding of something in trust for another.
► The use of unnecessarily wordy and indirect language.
5. Nomenclature
► A system of names used in an art or science:
► Cheerfully confident; optimistic.
► A diligent, dependable worker.
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