Confusing Words - 4 (Contextual)

Confusing Words - 3 (Contextual) (Difficult)

15 Questions Published

Questions

Question 1 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Complete the following sentence.
We laughed at his childish ________.

  1. antics
  2. antiques
Question 2 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Complete the following sentence.
The government has ___________ this book because it contains objectionable material.

  1. prescribed
  2. proscribed
Question 3 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Complete the following sentence.
Draught and war have raised the __________ of food shortages.

  1. spectre
  2. sceptre
Question 4 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Complete the following sentence.
The patient has been given medicine and his fever will _________ soon.

  1. abate
  2. abet
Question 5 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Complete the following sentence.
Potters, weavers and carpenters are _________.

  1. artisans
  2. artists
Question 6 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Complete the following sentence.
The deer were ___________ in the jungle when they had to run to save themselves when they sensed the arrival of the hunters.

  1. gambolling
  2. gambling
Question 7 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Complete the following sentence.
The police can ________ the law of trespass to regulate access to these places.

  1. revoke
  2. invoke
Question 8 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Complete the following sentence.
She let out a row of ______________ when she dropped a book on her feet.

  1. expletives
  2. epithets
Question 9 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Complete the following sentence.
The P.T.I of the school grabbed the mischief monger by the ________ of his neck and threw him out of the hall.

  1. scruff
  2. scuff
Question 10 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Complete the following sentence.
The _________ air of the prison cell made us want to vomit.

  1. fetid
  2. feted
Question 11 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Complete the following statement.
His good ____________ for wines landed him into trouble when he found that his heart disease was due to the consumption of wines.

  1. palate
  2. plate
Question 12 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Complete the following sentence.
The students are always advised to write in a _________ hand so that the examiners are at ease to evaluate their answer sheets.

  1. eligible
  2. legible
Question 13 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Complete the following sentence.
A baby’s bath water should be _______.

  1. tepid
  2. torpid
Question 14 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Complete the following sentence.
The old gentleman in the corner of the carriage was _____________with indignation at something he was reading in his newspaper.

  1. spluttering
  2. splatter
Question 15 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Complete the following sentence.
You have lived in other countries. So I’d expect you to have some sort of ________ with people who have just arrived here.

  1. empathy
  2. sympathy