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. A plane curve formed by the intersection of a right circular cone and a plane parallel to an element of the cone.
2. A factor that determines a range of variations; a boundary
3. Physics that deals with the relationships and conversions between heat and other forms of energy.
4. Logical incongruity
5. Full of or exhibiting servile compliance; fawning.
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