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Spell the word Worksheet-20

Spell the Word Worksheet-20

 

Choose the correct spelling of the word for the given clue.

  1. "shriveled or wrinkled; old" : _____

(A) wizened       (B) wizenned    (C) wizneed       (D) wiuzened

 

  1. "contempt or ridicule" : _____

(A) derision       (B) derisiun       (C) derisoin       (D) derisionn

 

  1. "the process of dividing words into units of sound" : _____

(A) syllabicatiun                           (B) syllabication

(C) sylabication                            (D) syllabicatoin

 

  1. "to approach the end; to become less" : _____

(A) wan              (B) wanne          (C) wange          (D) wane

 

  1. "a great, often sudden calamity" : _____

(A) catastrofe                                (B) catastrophe

(C) catastroph                               (D) catastruphe

 

  1. "to overcome an obstacle" : _____

(A) surmuunt   (B) surmount    (C) surmuont    (D) surmaunt

 

  1. "looking grim or starved" : _____

(A) gount           (B) gaunnt         (C) gauht           (D) gaunt

 

  1. "suitcase" : _____

(A) purtmanteau                          (B) portmanteeu      

(C) portmanteau                          (D) portmantou

 

  1. "To bring oneself into the favor or good graces of another by deliberate effort" : _____

(A) ingratiat      (B) ingrataite    (C) inngratiate (D) ingratiate

 

  1. "to return like for like, especially evil for evil; to pay back" : _____

(A) retaliat        (B) retaliate      (C) retalaite      (D) retalliate

 

  1. "with a change of direction of approximately 45 degrees" : _____

(A) ubliquely     (B) obliquely     (C) obliquelie    (D) oblliquely

 

  1. "a person who flatters or defers to others for self-serving reasons; flatterer; fawner" : _____

(A) tuady           (B) toadie          (C) toary            (D) toady

 

  1. "a splendid or striking array; the complete arms and armor of a warrior" : _____

(A) panoply       (B) panuply       (C) panoplie      (D) pannoply

 

  1. "the result of an action" : _____

(A) consequenc                             (B) consequence       

(C) consequence                           (D) connsequence

 

  1. "Full of or exhibiting servile compliance; fawning" : _____

(A) ubsequious                              (B) obsequious

(C) obsequiuos                              (D) obsequoius

 

  1. "to honor or remember" : _____

(A) solemniz     (B) sulemnize   (C) solemnnize (D) solemnize

 

  1. "imposing rigorous standards; severe" : _____

(A) strinngent   (B) stringent     (C) stringennt   (D) sstringent

 

  1. "Something expected; a possibility" : _____

(A) pruspect      (B) prosspect    (C) prospect      (D) prospekt

 

  1. "begged" : _____

(A) implured     (B) impllored    (C) immlored   (D) implored

 

  1. "final offer or demand" : _____

(A) ulltimatum                              (B) ultivatum

(C) ultimatoum                            (D) ultimatum

 

  1. "The mouth, stomach,  jaws, or gullet of a voracious animal" : _____

(A) mvw             (B) mpw            (C) maw             (D) mau

 

  1. "the highest point of a wave" : _____

(A) cresst           (B) krest             (C) cres              (D) crest

 

  1. "full of elaborate detail" : _____

(A) intricat        (B) intricate      (C) inntricate    (D) intrikate

 

  1. "causing fear or dread" : _____

(A) phormidable                          (B) formidabl

(C) furmidable                              (D) formidable

 

  1. "act of hiding or pretending" : _____

(A) dissimulatiun                         (B) disimulation       

(C) dissimulatoin                         (D) dissimulation

 

  1. "definite dislike" : _____

(A) aversiun      (B) aversoin      (C) aversion      (D) aversionn

 

  1. "Consuming or eager to consume great amounts of food" : _____

(A) vuracious    (B) voraciuos    (C) voracious    (D) voracoius

 

  1. "with constant and careful attention" : _____

(A) assiduuusly                             (B) asiduously

(C) assiduuosly                             (D) assiduously

 

  1. "A violent or turbulent situation; a whirlpool of extraordinary size or violence" : _____

(A) maelstrum                              (B) maelstrom

(C) maelsstrom                            (D) maellstrom

 

  1. "the point at which water vapor condenses" : _____

(A) dew puint   (B) dew poinnt (C) dew point    (D) dew poinht

 

  1. "not occupied" : _____

(A) vacannt       (B) vakant         (C) vacant          (D) vacan

 

  1. "referring to techniques used to reproduce words and pictures" : _____

(A) graphic        (B) grafic           (C) graphik       (D) grapihc

 

  1. "facial expression" : _____

(A) countenanc                             (B) cuuntenance

(C) countenance                          (D) cuontenance

 

  1. "shorthand writing" : _____

(A) stenografy                               (B) stenugraphy

(C) stenographie                          (D) stenography

 

  1. "spread our or place military troops" : _____

(A) deploy          (B) depluy         (C) deploie        (D) deplloy

 

  1. "territorial district" : _____

(A) provinc        (B) province      (C) pruvince      (D) provinnce

 

  1. "unnaturally pale as from physical or emotional distress" : _____

(A) wann            (B) wan              (C) wana            (D) wani

 

  1. "plant fiber used in making rope and burlap bags" : _____

(A) jute               (B) jut                 (C) ujte               (D) juten

 

  1. "Showing great malevolence, disposed to do evil; cancerous" : _____

(A) malignant                                (B) malignnant

(C) mallignant                               (D) malignannt

 

  1. "to protect" : _____

(A) preserv        (B) preserve      (C) presserve    (D) prseerve

 

  1. "tending to be physically or mentally inactive" : _____

(A) innert           (B) ineru            (C) inerf             (D) inert

 

  1. "means of guiding or controlling" : _____

(A) riens             (B) reinns          (C) reinss           (D) reins

 

  1. "pursuit of or devotion to pleasure, especially to the pleasures of the senses." : _____

(A) hedunism   (B) hedonnism (C) hedonissm  (D) hedonism

 

  1. "tall, flat bottom anvil shaped clouds that produce thunderstorms" : _____

(A) cumulunimbus                      (B) cumulonimbus  

(C) cumulonnimbus                    (D) cumulonimbuss

 

  1. "confirm, support, bolster" : _____

(A) corroborat                               (B) curroborate

(C) corroborate                            (D) coroborate

 

  1. "profoundly moving; touching; intense or stimulating" : _____

(A) puignant     (B) poignnant   (C) poignannt   (D) poignant

 

  1. "To appeal to in supplication; to beg for earnestly" : _____

(A) implor         (B) implore       (C) implure       (D) impllore

 

  1. "Scornful of the motives, virtue, or integrity of others; showing scorn and bitter mockery" : _____

(A) cinical          (B) cynnical      (C) cynical         (D) cynicall

 

  1. "a bitter, destructive feud or quest for revenge" : _____

(A) vendeta       (B) venndetta    (C) vendetta      (D) vkndetta

 

  1. "A cover for a coffin, often made of black, purple, or white velvet" : _____

(A) pa                 (B) palll              (C) pall               (D) pal

 

Answers:

(1)-A; (2)-A; (3)-B; (4)-D; (5)-B; (6)-B; (7)-D; (8)-C; (9)-D; (10)-B; (11)-B; (12)-D; (13)-A; (14)-B; (15)-B; (16)-D; (17)-B; (18)-C; (19)-D; (20)-D; (21)-C; (22)-D; (23)-B; (24)-D; (25)-D; (26)-C; (27)-C; (28)-D; (29)-B; (30)-C; (31)-C; (32)-A; (33)-C; (34)-D; (35)-A; (36)-B; (37)-B; (38)-A; (39)-A; (40)-B; (41)-D; (42)-D; (43)-D; (44)-B; (45)-C; (46)-D; (47)-B; (48)-C; (49)-C; (50)-C