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. Hypotenuse
► The side of a right triangle opposite the right angle.
► The process in cell division by which the nucleus divides.
► The art or study of correct spelling according to established usage.
► To picture falsely; misrepresent.
2. Churlish
► The art or study of correct spelling according to established usage.
► To picture falsely; misrepresent.
► Having a bad disposition; surly.
3. Lexicon
► A stock of terms used in a particular profession, subject, or style; a vocabulary:
► Extremely rapid, hasty, or abrupt; precipitate.
► Of the same or similar nature or kind
4. Antebellum
► Belonging to the period before a war, especially the American Civil War.
► Eating and drinking in moderation.
5. Thermodynamics
► The basic unit of currency among participating European Union countries.
► Physics that deals with the relationships and conversions between heat and other forms of energy.
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