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Words that Look Alike VOCABULARY
Choosing between words that look similar.
Choose the most appropriate answer: (A), (B), (C), or (D), to complete each sentence.
1. This is a private room where you can enjoy 6. Because the meeting was so ----------, we
your meal without ---------- from other diners. ultimately managed to achieve very little.
(A) coherence (A) disoriented
(B) clearance (B) disorganized
(C) adherence (C) distracted
(D) interference (D) disappointed
2. Transportation by truck has increased rapidly, 7. The new safety reforms mean we may have to
despite the poor ---------- of the roads. ---------- the number of first-aiders we train.
(A) condition (A) regress
(B) competition (B) repress
(C) cognition (C) repossess
(D) coalition (D) reassess
3. The total cost of rebranding the company has 8. The C.E.O. could not make up his mind which
been ---------- to be as high as $120,000. way to vote, so he decided to ----------.
(A) celebrated (A) obtain
(B) estimated (B) abstain
(C) regulated (C) attain
(D) dedicated (D) contain
4. Unfortunately, the handwriting was so poor 9. Although the plot was not very appealing, the
that the letter was practically ----------. movie was ---------- stunning.
(A) illegal (A) visually
(B) illogical (B) cordially
(C) illegible (C) radically
(D) illiterate (D) eternally
5. If you have ---------- the instruction manual, a 10. When I complained about my room, the clerk
copy can be downloaded from our website. was very ---------- and offered me an upgrade.
(A) misjudged (A) apathetic
(B) misguided (B) alphabetic
(C) misplaced (C) apologetic
(D) mistaken (D) athletic
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Answers
1. D, 2. A, 3. B, 4. C, 5. C, 6. B, 7. D, 8. B, 9. A, 10. C
Expansion activity
Use a dictionary to check the meaning of these words that look alike. Then write an example sentence
for each word.
communicate (verb) __________________________________________________________________
commemorate (verb) __________________________________________________________________
commentate (verb) __________________________________________________________________
commiserate (verb) __________________________________________________________________
destruction (noun) __________________________________________________________________
desperation (noun) __________________________________________________________________
destination (noun) __________________________________________________________________
designation (noun) __________________________________________________________________
homeless (adjective) __________________________________________________________________
humorless (adjective) __________________________________________________________________
hopeless (adjective) __________________________________________________________________
helpless (adjective) __________________________________________________________________
officially (adverb) __________________________________________________________________
offensively (adverb) __________________________________________________________________
offhand (adverb) __________________________________________________________________
officiously (adverb) __________________________________________________________________
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