Spelling and Meaning Challenge

What is the correct spelling of the instrument used to measure atmospheric pressure?

• barameter

• barometer

• barometr

• barametre

Which word refers to the length of a straight line passing through the center of a circle?

• diameter

• perimeter

• radius

• circumference

What is the correct spelling of the field of medicine concerned with the eyes and vision?

• optametry

• optometry

• optomotry

• optametry

Which word describes the continuous line forming the boundary of a closed geometric figure?

• diameter

• perimeter

• symmetry

• radius

What is the correct spelling of the term that refers to the balanced proportions of an object?

• simmetry

• symmatry

• symmetry

• symetry

Which word means a measure taken in advance to prevent harm?

• precaution

• forecast

• antecedent

• postpone

What is the correct spelling of the term that refers to a prediction or estimate of future events?

• forcast

• forecast

• forecaste

• forcaste

Which word refers to a period before a war, especially the American Civil War?

• antecedent

• antebellum

• postbellum

• prewar

What is the correct spelling of the term that refers to something that precedes another?

• antecedent

• anticedent

• antecendent

• anticedant

Which word means to delay or arrange for something to take place at a later time?

• postpone

• postphone

• postpown

• postpune