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November Word Discovery Quiz

Use this to study for the November Word Discovery Quiz that will be on 11/21/08 in Language Arts.

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Incumbent
The official who holds an office.
Morpheme
The smallest unit of a word (prefix/suffix/root).
Resistor
A device designed to introduce resistance into an electric circuit.
Square Root
A number that, when squared, yields a given number. For example, since 5 × 5 = 25, the square root of 25 (written √25) is 5.
Current
The amount of electric charge flowing past a specified circuit point per unit time.
Fallacy
A deceptive, misleading, or false belief that is often used in advertising as a technique to persuade the audience into doing or buying something.
Propaganda
Information, ideas, or rumors deliberately spread widely to help or harm a person, group, movement, institution, nation, etc.
Slogan
A catchy phrase that advertisers use to grab the attention of the public.
Slander
A malicious, false, and defamatory statement or report.
Precedent
A legal decision or form of proceeding serving as an authoritative rule or pattern in future similar cases.
Libel
Malicious defamation by written or printed words, pictures, or in any form other than by spoken words or gestures.
Conductor
A substance, body, or device that readily conducts heat, electricity, sound, etc.
Embargo
An order of a government prohibiting the movement of merchant ships into or out of its ports.
Conjecture
Inference or judgment based on inconclusive or incomplete evidence; guesswork.
Ohm's Law
The law that measures resistance by omega.
Partisan
One-sided, committed to a party, biased or prejudiced.
Hypotenuse
The side of a right triangle opposite the right angle (longest side).
Theoretical Probabilities
The ratio of the number of ways the event can occur to the total number of possibilities in the sample space (the way it should happen).
Circuit
The complete path of an electric current.
Media
A means of communication (such as radio and television, newspapers, and magazines) that reach or influence people widely.
Experimental Probabilities
The ratio of the number of times the event occurs to the total number of trials (actually conduct an experiement).
Right Triangle
A triangle where the right angle is across from the hypotenuse and the legs form the right angle.

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