Geometry Vocabulary

1. a postulate that proves right triangles congruent by using two sides, one of which is the longest side of the triangle
5. a point between two others that makes two equal segments
7. nonadjacent angles that are formed by two intersecting lines that are congruent
11. similar figures have corresponding sides that are ________________
12. a triangle that has two congruent sides
15. a segment drawn from a vertex of a triangle that goes to the midpoint of its opposite side
17. two angles that sum to be 90 degrees
19. a segment drawn from a vertex of a triangle that is perpendicular to its opposite side
20. angles or segments that are equal are ____________

2. two angles that share a ray that create a straight angle
3. once triangles are congruent you can use this to prove corresponding parts are congruent
4. a quadrilateral with four right angles
6. a quadrilateral where all sides are congruent
8. __________________lines form a right angle at their intersection
9. a quadrilateral where opposite sides are parallel
10. a ray in the interior of an angle that creates two congruent angles
13. a line that intersects two or more lines
14. angles on the inside of parallel lines that are supplementary
16. a postulate used to prove that triangles are congruent
18. the sides of a right triangle that are not the hypotenuse