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Confusing Words - 3 (Contextual)

Confusing Words - 3 (Contextual) (Mod-2)

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Question 1 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Complete the following statement.
To prove her innocence she had the __________ to swear by her only son.

  1. hardihood
  2. hardness
Question 2 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Complete the following statement.
Generous people _____________ help the poor and the downtrodden.

  1. willingly
  2. wilfully
Question 3 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Complete the following sentence.
She __________ several facts to support her thesis.

  1. adduced
  2. deduced
Question 4 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Complete the following statement.
The song was an _______ to the joys of travelling.

  1. elegy
  2. eulogy
Question 5 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Complete the following statement.
My girlfriend has loads of bottles of stuff that she seems to think all necessary for___________.

  1. absolution
  2. ablution
Question 6 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Complete the following statement.
A lizard darted into a _________ between two stones.

  1. crevice
  2. crevasse
Question 7 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Complete the following statement.
The story of how the fire was caused is barely_____________.

  1. credible
  2. creditable
Question 8 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Complete the following statement.
The house looked out over a blank and _________ landscape.

  1. desolate
  2. dissolute
Question 9 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Complete the following sentence.
The judge refused to grant ______ to the accused because his crime was serious.

  1. bale
  2. bail
Question 10 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Complete the following statement.
AIDS is an ____________ for Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome.

  1. anagram
  2. acronym
Question 11 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Complete the following sentence.
The mechanic’s ___________ was that my car needs a new engine.

  1. diagnosis
  2. prognosis
Question 12 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Complete the following sentence.
The culprits have been sentenced to three year imprisonment because they were accused of being involved in _____ practices.

  1. venal
  2. venial
Question 13 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Complete the following sentence.
She was carrying a ______ of water when she slipped and broke her leg.

  1. pail
  2. pale
Question 14 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Complete the following sentence.
Personal hygiene requires that one should ______ one’s nails properly.

  1. pair
  2. pare
Question 15 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Complete the following sentence.
The family made _________ enquiries about his background.

  1. discreet
  2. disconcerted
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