Confusing Words - 4 (Contextual)
Confusing Words - 3 (Contextual) (Difficult)
Questions
Directions: Complete the following sentence.
We laughed at his childish ________.
- antics
- antiques
Directions: Complete the following sentence.
The government has ___________ this book because it contains objectionable material.
- prescribed
- proscribed
Directions: Complete the following sentence.
Draught and war have raised the __________ of food shortages.
- spectre
- sceptre
Directions: Complete the following sentence.
The patient has been given medicine and his fever will _________ soon.
- abate
- abet
Directions: Complete the following sentence.
Potters, weavers and carpenters are _________.
- artisans
- artists
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.
- gambolling
- gambling
Directions: Complete the following sentence.
The police can ________ the law of trespass to regulate access to these places.
- revoke
- invoke
Directions: Complete the following sentence.
She let out a row of ______________ when she dropped a book on her feet.
- expletives
- epithets
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.
- scruff
- scuff
Directions: Complete the following sentence.
The _________ air of the prison cell made us want to vomit.
- fetid
- feted
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.
- palate
- plate
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.
- eligible
- legible
Directions: Complete the following sentence.
A baby’s bath water should be _______.
- tepid
- torpid
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.
- spluttering
- splatter
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.
- empathy
- sympathy