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Spelling Week 3

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 75secs

Name
Class
Date
1.

We'll try not to weigh you down with a lot of ____________ information.

a)

extranous

b)

extraneouos

c)

extraneous

d)

extraneoused

2.

Marley found it _________to maintain social relationships.

a)

expedient

b)

expedent

c)

expediented

d)

expediency

3.

The donations were a ________ for the city of Cincinnati.

a)

catalysts

b)

cathalyst

c)

catalyst

d)

cathalysts

4.

These pockets of melted rock are rich in silica and release __________ amounts of volatile gases that are held under high pressures.

a)

copiouos

b)

copiuous

c)

copiuos

d)

copious

5.

History cannot be rewritten, but some of its more_________ errors can be corrected—at least in part, at least symbolically.

a)

egregiouos

b)

egregious

c)

egregiuous

d)

egregiuos

6.

The ________ assumption that individuals of African descent were more resilient to yellow fever was used to justify slavery.

a)

erroneouos

b)

erroneuos

c)

erroneos

d)

erroneous

7.

The news story ______ widespread fear and paranoia.

a)

incite

b)

incites

c)

incitation

d)

insited

8.

One group sought to tear down a monument to Oñate, a 16th-century ________ who massacred indigenous people.

a)

despotism

b)

despotic

c)

despot

d)

despots

9.

But the historically large seizure wasn't exactly ______________.

a)

surreptitious

b)

surreptitiously

c)

surreptitioused

d)

surreptitiouos

10.

A ____________ is an assumption, an idea that is proposed for the sake of argument so that it can be tested to see if it might be true.

a)

hypotheses

b)

hypothesized

c)

hypothesis

d)

hypothesizes

11.

But for all their influence, D.C. lobbyists have failed to attain one__________ goal: public respect.

a)

elusive

b)

elusived

c)

eluseve

d)

eluseved

12.

The Trump administration has__________ on biofuel policy decisions in the past, raising the possibility of yet another change in course.

a)

vacillate

b)

vacillated

c)

vacillates

d)

vacillation

13.

He was suspected of ____________ with the occupying army.

a)

collaboration

b)

collaborating

c)

collaborated

d)

collaborates

14.

The image has been digitally ____________ to show more detail.

a)

enhance

b)

enhances

c)

enhancement

d)

enhanced

15.

Politicians would ___________ their starring roles in the spotlight and become members of the supporting cast.

a)

abdicated

b)

abdicates

c)

abdicate

d)

abdication