KMS Spelling Bee Screening

Choose the correctly spelled word referred to by the following definition:

"A legal right guaranteed by the 15th amendment to the US Constitution; guaranteed to women by the 19th amendment"

• suffrage

• sufferage

• suffrege

• surfrege

Choose the correctly spelled word referred to by the following definition:

"A form of social organization in which a male is the family head and title is traced through the male line"

• partriacrchy

• patriarchy

• patriarcky

• patriarchie

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"A large entrance or reception room or area"

• vestibule

• vestibul

• vestivule

• vestivul

Choose the correctly spelled word referred to by the following definition:

"Extreme care in spending money; reluctance to spend money unnecessarily"

• parsomony

• parsimony

• pasrimony

• parsimoney

Choose the correctly spelled word referred to by the following definition:

"A situation in which no progress can be made or no advancement is possible"

• impass

• impase

• impasse

• inpasse

Choose the correctly spelled word referred to by the following definition:

"A piece of writing that has been copied from someone else and is presented as being your own work"

• plagiarism

• plagearism

• plaegiarism

• plegiarism

Choose the correctly spelled word referred to by the following definition:

"Of words; having many meanings"

• polysemouse

• polysemous

• polisemous

• polysemousse

Choose the correctly spelled word referred to by the following definition:

"Freeing someone from the control of another; especially a parent's relinquishing authority and control over a minor child"

• emansipation

• emancipacion

• emancipasion

• emancipation

Choose the correctly spelled word referred to by the following definition:

"Secure against future loss, damage, or liability; give security for"

• indemnify

• indemnifie

• imdenmify

• idenmify

Choose the correctly spelled word referred to by the following definition:

"A treatise advancing a new point of view resulting from research; usually a requirement for an advanced academic degree"

• dessertation

• dissertation

• disertation

• desertation