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Which word is most similar in meaning to personal belief about how things should be?

• convention

• philosophy

• law

• distance

Answer explanation

Which word is most similar in meaning to quotient?

• truth

• surface

• result

• condition

Answer explanation

Which word is most similar in meaning to amendment?

• poet

• religion

• change

• tournament

Answer explanation

An amendment changed the U.S. constitution to add more rights for citizens (people).

Which word is most similar in meaning to revenue?

• secret

• income

• outlet

• regret

Answer explanation

both mean getting money, getting paid $$$$

Which word is most similar in meaning to precision?

• exactness

• loudness

• reflection

• influence

The first production of automobiles was in 1888. Which word is most similar in meaning to production?

• construction

• destruction

• horsepower

• alliance

Answer explanation

Production is like Construction is like Building is like Making.

Which word is most similar in meaning to jury decision?

• conflict

• pardon

• verdict

• patent

Answer explanation

A verdict is the jury's decision after hearing the facts of the case.

Guilty (You did it)

or

Not Guilty (You didn't do it---you're innocent) yay!

Which word is most similar in meaning to act of establishing settlements?

• colonization

• immigration

• conduction

• autocracy

Answer explanation

The English settled on the east coast of North America.

Which word is most similar in meaning to study of speech sounds?

• phonetics

• pharmacy

• heredity

• ecology

Answer explanation

Which word is most similar in meaning to accurate?

• actual

• exact

• polite

• cautious

Answer explanation

Exact = strictly accurate or correct

Actual = something that is real