Quiz 1 of 1 -- Confusing words in English, select the right word

Number Question Answer Your answer choices
1 To  add  to  so  as  to  improve;  an  addition  that  improves  something choices:
1. Complement
2. Compliment
2 A  grass  producing  an  edible  grain;  a  breakfast  food  made  from  grains choices:
1. Serial
2. Cereal
3 Full  of  pain  or  suffering choices:
1. Tortuous
2. Torturous
4 A  paper  container  for  a  letter choices:
1. Envelop
2. Envelope
5 All  in  one  place,  all  at  once choices:
1. All  together
2. Altogether
6 A  sacred  table  in  a  church choices:
1. Altar
2. Alter
7 Infected  with  bacteria choices:
1. Septic
2. Sceptic
8 Completely;  on  the  whole choices:
1. All  together
2. Altogether
9 Impartial choices:
1. Disinterested
2. Uninterested
10 Carried choices:
1. Borne
2. Born
Number Question Answer Your answer choices
11 A  bunk  in  a  ship,  train,  etc. choices:
1. Berth
2. Birth
12 To  keep  something  in  check;  a  control  or  limit choices:
1. Kerb
2. Curb
13 Relating  to  the  ears  or  hearing choices:
1. Oral
2. Aural
14 To  make  less  severe choices:
1. Militate
2. Mitigate
15 To  change choices:
1. Alter
2. Altar
16 To  praise  or  express  approval;  an  admiring  remark choices:
1. Compliment
2. Complement
17 To  make  certain  that  something  will  happen choices:
1. Insure
2. Ensure
18 Not  moving choices:
1. Stationary
2. Stationery
19 To  recommend  something choices:
1. Advise
2. Advice
20 To  surround  or  encircle choices:
1. Wreathe
2. Wreath
Number Question Answer Your answer choices
21 Most  important;  the  head  of  a  school choices:
1. Principal
2. Principle
22 A  location choices:
1. Sight
2. Site
23 Reluctant,  unwilling choices:
1. Loath
2. Loathe
24 To  assess choices:
1. Appraise
2. Apprise
25 To  arouse  interest choices:
1. Titillate
2. Titivate
26 An  ancestor choices:
1. Forebear
2. Forbear
27 To  provide  compensation  if  a  person  dies  or  property  is  damaged choices:
1. Ensure
2. Insure
28 Forming  a  climax choices:
1. Climactic
2. Climatic
29 A  decoration  along  a  wall choices:
1. Freeze
2. Frieze
30 To  display  ostentatiously choices:
1. Flout
2. Flaunt
Number Question Answer Your answer choices
31 A  type  of  strong  cloth choices:
1. Canvas
2. Canvass
32 The  ability  to  see choices:
1. Site
2. Sight
33 Separate  and  distinct choices:
1. Discreet
2. Discrete
34 To  make  more  attractive choices:
1. Titillate
2. Titivate
35 Willing  to  please choices:
1. Complacent
2. Complaisant
36 A  signal  for  action;  a  wooden  rod choices:
1. Queue
2. Cue
37 Referring  to  something  of  great  length choices:
1. A  long
2. Along
38 Having  two  parts choices:
1. Dual
2. Duel
39 A  long,  slender  piece  of  wood choices:
1. Pole
2. Poll
40 To  hate choices:
1. Loathe
2. Loath
Number Question Answer Your answer choices
41 To  spread  over  a  wide  area choices:
1. Diffuse
2. Defuse
42 Happening  now;  a  flow  of  water,  air,  or  electricity choices:
1. Currant
2. Current
43 A  tiny  opening;  to  study  something  closely choices:
1. Pour
2. Pore
44 A  first  version  of  a  piece  of  writing choices:
1. Draught
2. Draft
45 To  sell  goods choices:
1. Peddle
2. Pedal
46 Voting  in  an  election choices:
1. Poll
2. Pole
47 The  back  part  of  a  gun  barrel choices:
1. Breech
2. Breach
48 A  store choices:
1. Horde
2. Hoard
49 A  current  of  air choices:
1. Draft
2. Draught
50 Relating  to  climate choices:
1. Climatic
2. Climactic
Number Question Answer Your answer choices
51 Rough choices:
1. Coarse
2. Course
52 To  disregard  a  rule choices:
1. Flout
2. Flaunt
53 To  turn  to  ice choices:
1. Freeze
2. Frieze
54 In  phrase  'with  bated  breath',  i.e.  in  great  suspense choices:
1. Baited
2. Bated
55 To  carry;  to  put  up  with choices:
1. Bare
2. Bear
56 To  be  a  powerful  factor  against choices:
1. Militate
2. Mitigate
57 To  cover  or  surround choices:
1. Envelop
2. Envelope
58 To  criticize  strongly choices:
1. Censor
2. Censure
59 A  measuring  device choices:
1. Meter
2. Metre
60 A  large  crowd  of  people choices:
1. Hoard
2. Horde
Number Question Answer Your answer choices
61 A  mythical  being,  part  man,  part  goat choices:
1. Fawn
2. Faun
62 The  roof  of  the  mouth choices:
1. Palate
2. Palette
63 A  direction;  a  school  subject;  part  of  a  meal choices:
1. Coarse
2. Course
64 A  piece  of  jewellery choices:
1. Broach
2. Brooch
65 A  line  of  people  or  vehicles choices:
1. Queue
2. Cue
66 To  separate  into  pieces;  a  pause choices:
1. Brake
2. Break
67 To  do  something  repeatedly  to  gain  skill;  to  do  something  regularly choices:
1. Practise
2. Practice
68 To  raise  a  subject  for  discussion choices:
1. Broach
2. Brooch
69 Unfavourable,  harmful choices:
1. Adverse
2. Averse
70 The  sweet  course  of  a  meal choices:
1. Dessert
2. Desert
Number Question Answer Your answer choices
71 Smug  and  self-satisfied choices:
1. Complacent
2. Complaisant
72 A  length  of  string;  a  cord-like  body  part choices:
1. Cord
2. Chord
73 To  move  clumsily;  to  have  difficulty  doing  something choices:
1. Flounder
2. Founder
74 Recommendations  about  what  to  do choices:
1. Advise
2. Advice
75 Careful  not  to  attract  attention choices:
1. Discreet
2. Discrete
76 A  branch  of  a  tree choices:
1. Bough
2. Bow
77 Pleasantly  warm choices:
1. Balmy
2. Barmy
78 A  dried  grape choices:
1. Currant
2. Current
79 Out  loud choices:
1. Allowed
2. Aloud
80 A  waterless,  empty  area;  to  abandon  someone choices:
1. Dessert
2. Desert
Number Question Answer Your answer choices
81 To  change  or  make  a  difference  to choices:
1. Affect
2. Effect
82 A  person  inclined  to  doubt choices:
1. Septic
2. Sceptic
83 Strongly  disliking;  opposed choices:
1. Averse
2. Adverse
84 To  agree  to  receive  or  do choices:
1. Except
2. Accept
85 A  result;  to  bring  about  a  result choices:
1. Effect
2. Affect
86 Writing  materials choices:
1. Stationary
2. Stationery
87 A  board  for  mixing  colours choices:
1. Palette
2. Palate
88 Not  including choices:
1. Except
2. Accept
89 To  bend  the  head;  the  front  of  a  ship choices:
1. Bow
2. Bough
90 Naked;  to  uncover choices:
1. Bear
2. Bare
Number Question Answer Your answer choices
91 To  ban  parts  of  a  book  or  film;  a  person  who  does  this choices:
1. Censure
2. Censor
92 A  level  of  a  building choices:
1. Storey
2. Story
93 Onwards,  ahead choices:
1. Forward
2. Foreword
94 (in  British  English)  the  stone  edge  of  a  pavement choices:
1. Curb
2. Kerb
95 To  break  through,  or  break  a  rule;  a  gap choices:
1. Breach
2. Breech
96 Moving  or  extending  horizontally  on choices:
1. A  long
2. Along
97 Permitted choices:
1. Aloud
2. Allowed
98 A  tale  or  account choices:
1. Storey
2. Story
99 A  passage  between  rows  of  seats choices:
1. Aisle
2. Isle
100 Happening  in  a  series choices:
1. Serial
2. Cereal
Number Question Answer Your answer choices
101 To  officially  forbid  something choices:
1. Prescribe
2. Proscribe
102 An  introduction  to  a  book choices:
1. Forward
2. Foreword
103 Physical  activity;  to  do  physical  activity choices:
1. Exorcise
2. Exercise
104 To  suggest  indirectly choices:
1. Infer
2. Imply
105 Strange choices:
1. Bazaar
2. Bizarre
106 The  use  of  an  idea  or  method;  the  work  or  business  of  a  doctor,  dentist,  etc. choices:
1. Practice
2. Practise
107 Having  started  life choices:
1. Borne
2. Born
108 To  unfasten;  to  set  free choices:
1. Loose
2. Lose
109 To  drive  out  an  evil  spirit choices:
1. Exercise
2. Exorcise
110 Not  allowed  by  law  or  rules choices:
1. Illicit
2. Elicit
Number Question Answer Your answer choices
111 The  action  of  rising  or  climbing  up choices:
1. Assent
2. Ascent
112 To  refrain choices:
1. Forebear
2. Forbear
113 To  draw  a  conclusion choices:
1. Imply
2. Infer
114 Gruesome,  revolting choices:
1. Grizzly
2. Grisly
115 Advice;  to  advise choices:
1. Counsel
2. Council
116 To  flow  or  cause  to  flow choices:
1. Pour
2. Pore
117 A  young  deer;  light  brown choices:
1. Fawn
2. Faun
118 Foolish,  crazy choices:
1. Barmy
2. Balmy
119 Not  interested choices:
1. Uninterested
2. Disinterested
120 To  inform  someone choices:
1. Apprise
2. Appraise
Number Question Answer Your answer choices
121 Relating  to  the  mouth;  spoken choices:
1. Oral
2. Aural
122 Not  concerned  with  right  or  wrong choices:
1. Amoral
2. Immoral
123 With  bait  attached  or  inserted choices:
1. Baited
2. Bated
124 A  ring-shaped  arrangement  of  flowers  etc. choices:
1. Wreath
2. Wreathe
125 To  be  deprived  of;  to  be  unable  to  find choices:
1. Lose
2. Loose
126 A  fundamental  rule  or  belief choices:
1. Principle
2. Principal
127 A  Middle  Eastern  market choices:
1. Bazaar
2. Bizarre
128 A  fight  or  contest  between  two  people choices:
1. Duel
2. Dual
129 An  island choices:
1. Isle
2. Aisle
130 A  group  of  people  who  manage  or  advise choices:
1. Counsel
2. Council
Number Question Answer Your answer choices
131 A  device  for  stopping  a  vehicle;  to  stop  a  vehicle choices:
1. Break
2. Brake
132 To  fail choices:
1. Flounder
2. Founder
133 A  sliding  storage  compartment choices:
1. Drawer
2. Draw
134 A  metric  unit;  rhythm  in  verse choices:
1. Metre
2. Meter
135 Agreement,  approval choices:
1. Ascent
2. Assent
136 To  draw  out  a  reply  or  reaction choices:
1. Illicit
2. Elicit
137 An  even  score  at  the  end  of  a  game choices:
1. Drawer
2. Draw
138 A  group  of  musical  notes choices:
1. Chord
2. Cord
139 The  emergence  of  a  baby  from  the  womb choices:
1. Berth
2. Birth
140 A  foot-operated  lever choices:
1. Peddle
2. Pedal
Number Question Answer Your answer choices
141 To  make  a  situation  less  tense choices:
1. Diffuse
2. Defuse
142 Full  of  twists;  complex choices:
1. Torturous
2. Tortuous
143 To  authorize  use  of  medicine;  to  order  authoritatively choices:
1. Proscribe
2. Prescribe
144 Not  following  accepted  moral  standards choices:
1. Immoral
2. Amoral
145 A  type  of  bear choices:
1. Grisly
2. Grizzly
146 To  seek  people’s  votes choices:
1. Canvas
2. Canvass
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