Homophone Word List

Choose the correct word to use in the following sentence: "We ate ______ at the diner down the street."

• desert

• dessert

• deserts

• desserter

Choose the correct word to use in the following sentence: "A car would be very dangerous to drive with a faulty ____."

• break

• brake

• brack

• brayke

Choose the correct word to use in the following sentence: "To get to the cabin, we had to take a long and ____ mountain road."

• torturous

• tortuous

• tortious

• torturousness

Choose the correct word to use in the following sentence: "The ____ of the story is that dishonesty never pays."

• moral

• morale

• morel

• morales

Choose the correct word to use in the following sentence: "The scammers sold fake investments to ____ buyers."

• ingenious

• ingenuous

• genius

• ingenuity

Choose the correct word to use in the following sentence: "The police officers tried to ____ a confession from the suspect."

• elicit

• illicit

• elicite

• illicite

Choose the correct word to use in the following sentence: "The car was taken off the market after it was discovered that it tended to ____ over when making turns."

• roll

• role

• roal

• roel

Choose the correct word to use in the following sentence: "James gave his ____ to the terms of the contract."

• ascent

• assent

• asscent

• assents

What was the candidate accused of that resulted in the loss of the campaign?

• Efficient activities

• Elicit activities

• Explicit activities

• Illicit activities

How did the freezing rain affect the hike?

• Made it torturous

• Made it tortuous

• Made it shorter

• Made it warmer