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confusing words

Total questions: 18

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

____ means to improve

a)

effect

b)

affect

2.

If you are ______ of a person, this means you do not like or respect them.

a)

contemplative

b)

contemptuous

c)

contemptible

3.

A synonym for definitive is _____

a)

incomplete

b)

serious

c)

final

4.

Actor Russell Brand once sued the Daily Mail newspaper for ____

a)

slander

b)

libel

5.

the word "complacent" means all of these words EXCEPT...

a)

disinterested

b)

Lazy

c)

serious

d)

unconcerned

6.

The bedrooms at my best friend's apartment had _____marble floors.

a)

lux

b)

luxuriant

c)

luxurious

d)

luxury

7.

A talkative person who is also very fluent in speech can be described as ____

a)

voluble

b)

volatile

c)

vulnerable

d)

vindictive

8.

when you start to feel bad about a decision you made, the decision is _____

a)

regret

b)

regrettable

c)

regretting

9.

when you start to feel bad about a decision you made, the feeling is _____

a)

regret

b)

regrettable

c)

regretting

10.

All of these are similarities between the words "conclusive and decisive" EXCEPT

a)

Conclusive is a verb, Decisive is an adjective

b)

Both are adjectives

c)

Both have to do with a final result

d)

Both are nouns

11.

______ describes an action that happens without stopping. ______ describes an action that recurs frequently or regularly

a)

continuously/ continually

b)

continually/ continuously

12.

_______ can be both intensive and intense

a)

a wedding

b)

a toefl preparation course

c)

a roller coaster ride

13.

Which is worse? Having an illusion or a delusion

a)

illusion

b)

delusion

14.

_______ means to suggest or to say something in an indirect way. _____ means to come to a conclusion, especially based on an indirect suggestion.

a)

imply/ infer

b)

infer/ imply

15.

When we say that food is _____ we are focused on taste and flavor.

a)

eatable

b)

edible

16.

_____ foods are those that are fit for safe consumption.

a)

eatable

b)

edible

17.

Guess the age gap between this famous couple?

a)

5 years

b)

9 years

c)

12 years

d)

17 years

18.

When the first Burger King Restaurant opened in 1954, how much did a hamburger cost?

a)

50 cents

b)

9 cents

c)

37 cents

d)

18 cents