High school seniors don’t know what a ‘novel idea’ is

Published March 31, 2015 5:08pm ET



Read the following passage and see if you can answer the question correctly:


“During the Renaissance, words flowed in from Latin — not that different from French — and Greek. The Age of Exploration introduced novel terms from all corners. English was becoming a polyglot.”

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