test answers for english spelling test (u.s. version) 2015
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1. Identify the misspelled word in the list below.
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Pageant
Poignant
Plummage
Priggish
2. Choose the correct spelling of the word from the options below.
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Persue
Parsue
Persou
Pursue
3. Complete the following sentence by choosing the correct spelling of the missing word.
The judge granted the reluctant witness complete ____________ from prosecution for his part in the crime.
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amnesty
amnasty
anmesty
emnesty
4. Choose the correct spelling of the word from the options below.
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Vacuum
Vaccuum
Vacumm
Vaccum
5. Complete the following sentence by choosing the correct spelling of the missing word.
Arthur spent hours admiring the gothic ____________of all those French cathedrals.
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architecture
arkhitecture
arcitecture
arckitecture
6. Choose the correct spelling of the word from the options below.
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Forfiet
Forfeit
Forefeit
Fourfit
7. Complete the following sentence by choosing the correct spelling of the missing word.
The waitress brought me a plate of squid even though I _____________ asked for clams.
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specificaly
specifically
specifycally
specificly
8. Choose the correct spelling of the word from the options below.
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Posess
Poesess
Possess
Pozess
9. Choose the correct spelling of the word from the options below.
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Idiosyncracy
Idiosincrasy
Idiosyncrasy
Ideosyncracy
10. Choose the correct spelling of the word from the options below.
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Manoeuvar
Manouver
Maneuver
Manuver
11. Identify the misspelled word in the list below.
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Councelor
Condescend
Camouflage
Criticize
12. Complete the following sentence by choosing the correct spelling of the missing word.
Sam _________ a successful political campaign.
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orchestraited
orchestrated
orchestreated
orcestrated
13. Identify the misspelled word in the list below.
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Rhythmical
Reminiscence
Rheumatism
Resevoir
14. Choose the correct spelling of the word from the options below.
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Reminiscience
Reminiscence
Reminescence
Reminisense
15. Identify the misspelled word in the list below.
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Yacht
Youthful
Yeilding
Yesterday
16. Identify the misspelled word in the list below.
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Wierd
Wired
Whined
Willful
17. Choose the correct spelling of the word from the options below.
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Embarassment
Embrassement
Embarrasment
Embarrassment
18. Complete the following sentence by choosing the correct spelling of the missing word.
He __________ a summer house, an exercise bike, and a hamster in the divorce settlement.
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accquired
ecquired
acquired
akquired
19. Identify the misspelled word in the list below.
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Cachet
Connoisseur
Charateristic
Catastrophe
20. Choose the correct spelling of the word from the options below.
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Adress
Addrress
Addres
Address
21. Choose the correct spelling of the word from the options below.
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Temperamental
Tempermental
Temperamentle
Temparamental
22. Identify the misspelled word in the list below.
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Accomodate
Analyze
Acknowledgment
Asterisk
23. Choose the correct spelling of the word from the options below.
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Heinous
Henous
Heinus
24. Complete the following sentence by choosing the correct spelling of the missing word.
The protesters hurled ___________ insults at us as we walked by.
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vicous
vicious
vicoius
vicius
25. Choose the correct spelling of the word from the options below.
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Gauge
Gaje
Guage
Gaige
26. Complete the following sentence by choosing the correct spelling of the missing word.
Their relationship was plagued by __________ problems.
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perpetual
perpechual
purpetual
perptual
27. Choose the correct spelling of the word from the options below.
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Excesive
Exccesive
Excessive
Exceesive
28. Choose the correct spelling of the word from the options below.
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Priveledge
Privilage
Privilege
Privelege
29. Complete the following sentence by choosing the correct spelling of the missing word.
The purpose of your report should be to ___________ the most relevant facts, not to obscure them.
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illumenate
iluminate
illuminate
elluminate
30. Complete the following sentence by choosing the correct spelling of the missing word.
On the ____________ day of Christmas, Lucy was annoyed to find her yard full of noisy drummers drumming.
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twelvth
twelfth
twelfeth
twelth
31. Choose the correct spelling of the word from the options below.
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Exhilirate
Exhilarate
Exhilireat
Exhilrate
32. Choose the correct spelling of the word from the options below.
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Bureaucrasy
Buroucracy
Bureaucracy
Beuraucracy
33. Complete the following sentence by choosing the correct spelling of the missing word.
Hazel Dormouse is a _________ creature.
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nocternal
nocturnal
noctarnal
nacturnal
34. Complete the following sentence by choosing the correct spelling of the missing word.
The church members accused the cult of _______________ practices.
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sacreligious
sacrelegious
sacrilegious
sacrilgious
35. Identify the misspelled word in the list below.
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Hemorrhage
Harass
Hankerchief
Hypocrisy
36. Identify the misspelled word in the list below.
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Sophomore
Supersede
Susceptable
Spontaneous
37. Choose the correct spelling of the word from the options below.
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Conscentiuos
Consentious
Conscientous
Conscientious
38. Identify the misspelled word in the list below.
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Enhancement
Elicit
Enegma
Ecstasy
39. Complete the following sentence by choosing the correct spelling of the missing word.
No one knew what devious experiments the scientist conducted in his ______________ .
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labretory
laboratary
laboratory
labratory
40. Complete the following sentence by choosing the correct spelling of the missing word.
Emma has always been fascinated by the way the mind works, so shes decided to get a degree in __________.
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pshycology
psycology
psyhcology
psychology
41. Complete the following sentence by choosing the correct spelling of the missing word.
Helen was surprised by the __________ stature of her blind date.
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diminutive
diminuative
deminutive
dimminutive
42. Complete the following sentence by choosing the correct spelling of the missing word.
Peter always makes such a _____________ of himself!
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nuisance
nuisents
newsanse
nuisince
43. Complete the following sentence by choosing the correct spelling of the missing word.
Mrs. Baker took her ______________ class on a field trip to the zoo.
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kindergarden
kindegarten
kindergarten
kindegarden
44. Complete the following sentence by choosing the correct spelling of the missing word.
The crowd ________________ me on my acceptance into Mensa.
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congradulated
congrachulated
congratulated
congratilated
45. Complete the following sentence by choosing the correct spelling of the missing word.
The annual _____________ was ruined when a family of bears stole all the hotdogs.
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barbecue
barbequeue
barbycue
barbcue
46. Complete the following sentence by choosing the correct spelling of the missing word.
Sallys nervous __________ left her standing at the altar.
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fianc
finance
feanc
fience
47. Complete the following sentence by choosing the correct spelling of the missing word.
Clara the cat simply chose to ignore the ______________ of our dog.
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existence
existance
existense
existanse
48. Complete the following sentence by choosing the correct spelling of the missing word.
My father does not believe in ____________ , but my mother does.
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reincanation
reincarenation
reincarnation
reincantation
49. Complete the following sentence by choosing the correct spelling of the missing word.
The savvy dancer acted as a __________ between the detective and the cabaret owner.
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liasion
liaison
liasone
leason
50. Which of the following options means, "the owner or manager of a restaurant"?
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Restaureter
Restaurater
Restaurateur
Restourateur
51. Complete the following sentence by choosing the correct spelling of the missing word.
Be sure to leave your travel __________with the secretary so he'll know how to reach you while you're away.
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itenreray
itinerary
iteneray
itinirary
52. Complete the following sentence by choosing the correct spelling of the missing word.
The clowns performance was _______________, to say the least.
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dissapointing
dissappointing
disapointing
disappointing
53. Complete the following sentence by choosing the correct spelling of the missing word.
_________animals feed almost exclusively on meat.
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Carnivorus
Carnivorous
Carnivoures
Carnivoreus
54. Complete the following sentence by choosing the correct spelling of the missing word.
After my grandfather was diagnosed with chronic_________, he moved to Arizona.
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Neumonia
Penumonia
Pneumonia
Pnuemonia
55. Complete the following sentence by choosing the correct spelling of the missing word.
He wrote __________on every topic from shoestrings to string theory.
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prollifically
prolificaly
prollificaly
prolifically
56. Complete the following sentence by choosing the correct spelling of the missing word.
Let me tie your mittens to your sleeves so you don't ______________ them.
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loose
looze
lose
louse
57. Complete the following sentence by choosing the correct spelling of the missing word.
Many would-be travelers were _____________ by the price of gas last summer.
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flabergasted
flabberghasted
flabbergasted
flabbergashted
58. Complete the following sentence by choosing the correct spelling of the missing word.
The professor made it clear that ___________ would not be tolerated.
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plagiarism
plagiarizm
plagerism
plagirism