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. Incontrovertible
► Impossible to dispute; unquestionable
► A stock of terms used in a particular profession, subject, or style; a vocabulary:
► To proceed completely around:
2. Hypotenuse
► To proceed completely around:
► A place or situation regarded as drawing into its center all that surrounds it.
► Deception by trickery or sophistry.
► The side of a right triangle opposite the right angle.
3. Orthography
► The art or study of correct spelling according to established usage.
► To endow with the rights of citizenship, especially the right to vote.
► A product of disintegration, destruction, or wearing away; debris.
4. Oligarchy
► Government by a few, especially by a small faction of persons or families.
► Having one’s true identity concealed.
► To repeat in concise form. To make a summary.
► Of the same or similar nature or kind
5. Quotidian
► An underlying base or foundation especially for an organization or system.
► Eating and drinking in moderation.
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