Confusing Words - 2 (Contextual)

Confusing Words - 3 (Contextual) (Mod-1)

11 Questions Published

Questions

Question 1 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Complete the following sentence.
She ____________ her brother by teasing him about his strange old hobbies.

  1. bated
  2. baited
Question 2 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Complete the following sentence.
The poor old man wanted to marry his daughter to an old rich man but his daughter was ___________ to marry him.

  1. loathe
  2. loath
Question 3 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Complete the following sentence.
At the end of each teaching practice, trainee teachers are asked to ________ their own performance.

  1. apprise
  2. appraise
Question 4 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Complete the following sentence.
At school she would always be devising games to ________ her classmates.

  1. amuse
  2. bemuse
Question 5 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Complete the following sentence.
The text is currently being ___________ and the second edition will be published as soon as this has been compiled.

  1. amended
  2. emended
Question 6 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Complete the following sentence.
I know who you mean but his name ________ me.

  1. eludes
  2. alludes
Question 7 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Complete the following sentence.
Some members of the managing committee expressed their ___________ about the proposals of the president.

  1. dissent
  2. descent
Question 8 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Complete the following sentence.
In a fit of __________, he thumped his fists down on the desk.

  1. fury
  2. furry
Question 9 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Complete the following sentence.
The captain of the football team _________ to pass the ball and then shot it into the net.

  1. fainted
  2. feinted
Question 10 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Complete the following sentence.
Although she was a political ________ , she was elected to the State Assembly.

  1. novice
  2. amateur
Question 11 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Complete the following sentence.
Raja Ram Mohan Roy fought against the Sati __________ wherein the wife used to burn herself along with her dead husband.

  1. custom
  2. habit