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Spell Bee Word: judiciary


Basic Details

Word: Judiciary

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: The system of courts and judges in a country, whose job is to apply the law and settle disputes.

Synonyms: the courts

How to Spell Judiciary

Syllables: ju - di - cia - ry

Tricky part: After jud comes ici, and the ending is ary: jud-ici-ary. Many students write judicary or judiciery.

Watch out for: judicary, judiciery, judishiary, judiciarry

Memory tip: Start from judicial and swap al for ary: judici-al becomes judici-ary. Both keep the same ici.

Usage Examples

Example 1: In a democracy the judiciary must be free from pressure by the government.

Example 2: The Supreme Court in New Delhi sits at the top of India's judiciary.

Example 3: The judiciary decides whether a law agrees with the Constitution.

Fun Fact

India's Supreme Court first sat on 28 January 1950, two days after the Constitution came into force.

Practise the CREST Way

Word Cookie

Insert the correct pair of letters to form a word:

jud_c_ary

a) u, i
b) e, i
c) i, e
d) i, i

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d) i, i. Both gaps take i, just as in judicial.

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the correctly spelt word:

a) parlament
b) constitusion
c) goverment
d) judiciary

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d) judiciary. Parlament, goverment and constitusion each drop or swap a letter; judiciary has nothing missing.

Mingle-Mangle

Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:

dicarjuyi

a) judiciary
b) juridical
c) judicial
d) judicious

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a) judiciary. A y in the letters points to an ary ending, and judici fills the rest.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is part of the judiciary?

a) a High Court judge
b) a police constable
c) a district collector
d) a Member of Parliament

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a) a High Court judge

2. The main job of the judiciary is to ____.

a) make new laws
b) collect taxes
c) command the army
d) interpret laws and settle disputes

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d) interpret laws and settle disputes

Associated Words

negligentconfidentcreationcrescentfiscal
preventableparliamentethnicpersonificationcompulsion

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