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. An underlying base or foundation especially for an organization or system.
3. Tumultuous; stormy.
4. Warlike in manner or temperament; pugnacious.
5. The process in cell division by which the nucleus divides.
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