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Civil Service Review Spelling Quiz 8 – Set 2

In each item, identify the word with incorrect spelling.

Item 01

a. thorough
b. eighth
c. tradegy
d. minuet
e. colloquial

Item 02

a. miscellaneous
b. flagrant
c. prefecture
d. counsel
e. ephimeral

Item 03

a. tounge
b. differentiate
c. advise
d. morale
e. healthful

Item 04

a. conscience
b. marriage
c. incorporate
d. exxagerate
e. bureau

Item 05

a. environment
b. interruption
c. dilemma
d. across
e. imittate

Item 06

a. tenacity
b. harrass
c. occasion
d. disappear
e. arithmetic

Item 07

a. reccomendation
b. malign
c. advertise
d. basically
e. equipped

Item 08

a. believe
b. length
c. ommission
d. balance
e. optimism

Item 09

a. reference
b. immediately
c. adequate
d. barriccade
e. immediately

Item 10

a. committee
b. accomodate
c. bookkeeper
d. leisurely
e. hierarchy

Answers:

1. c – tragedy
2. e – ephemeral
3. a – tongue
4. d – exaggerate
5. e – imitate
6. b – harass
7. a – recommendation
8. c – omission
9. d – barricade
10. b – accommodate

Civil Service Review Spelling Quiz 7 – Set 2

Item 01

a. idiosyncrasy
b. absense
c. parallel
d. desperate
e. articulate

Item 02

a. aboriginal
b. understatement
c. thunderstorm
d. indifferent
e. aparrent

Item 03

a. colloquial
b. posthumous
c. dissapoint
d. receipt
e. rue

Item 04

a. wispy
b. introvert
c. adulate
d. seperate
e. excoriate

Item 05

a. happines
b. buoyant
c. reference
d. noticeable
e. athlete

Item 06

a. tendency
b. submission
c. occassion
d. paraphernalia
e. barrel

Item 07

a. congeniality
b. enviroment
c. adversary
d. retribution
e. attributes

Item 08

a. minuet
b. dillema
c. description
d. tangential
e. easily

Item 09

a. tantamont
b. immediately
c. inadequate
d. honorifics
e. arcade

Item 10

a. villain
b. heros
c. ventriloquist
d. pronunciation
e. maintenance

Answers:

1. b – absence
2. e – apparent
3. c – disappoint
4. d – separate
5. a – happiness
6. c – occasion
7. b – environment
8. b – dilemma
9. a – tantamount
10. b – heroes

Civil Service Review Spelling Quiz 6 – Set 2

In each item, identify the word with incorrect spelling.

Item 01

a. definitly
b. unpublished
c. parallel
d. exhilarate
e. None of the above.

Item 02

a. metaphor
b. excede
c. thunderstorm
d. mechanical
e. None of the above.

Item 03

a. tendentious
b. posthumous
c. severe
d. reciept
e. None of the above.

Item 04

a. witless
b. infamous
c. vaccuum
d. exculpate
e. None of the above.

Item 05

a. exceptionable
b. buoyant
c. refference
d. brusque
e. None of the above.

Item 06

a. advocacy
b. playright
c. negligence
d. paraphernalia
e. None of the above.

Item 07

a. mispell
b. wean
c. projectile
d. retribution
e. None of the above.

Item 08

a. scintillate
b. tantalize
c. withere
d. tangential
e. None of the above.

Item 09

a. dumbell
b. tantamount
c. opulence
d. delineate
e. None of the above.

Item 10

a. accost
b. despise
c. equestrian
d. pronounciation
e. None of the above.

Answers:

1. a – definitely
2. b – exceed
3. d – receipt
4. c – vacuum
5. c – reference
6. b – playwright
7. a – misspell
8. c – wither
9. a – dumbbell
10. d – pronunciation

Civil Service Review Spelling Quiz 5 – Set 2

In each item, identify the word with incorrect spelling.

Item 01

a. perseverance
b. questionnairre
c. receive
d. separate
e. None of the above.

Item 02

a. roomate
b. calendar
c. license
d. their
e. None of the above.

Item 03

a. kernel
b. personnel
c. fiery
d. supercede
e. None of the above.

Item 04

a. twelveth
b. pastime
c. exceed
d. allot
e. None of the above.

Item 05

a. tyrrany
b. recommend
c. amateur
d. millennium
e. None of the above.

Item 06

a. restaurant
b. vaccuum
c. forty
d. practically
e. None of the above.

Item 07

a. wierd
b. miscellaneous
c. government
d. medicine
e. None of the above.

Item 08

a. curriculum
b. spontaneous
c. indispensable
d. hierarchy
e. None of the above.

Item 09

a. fulfill
b. inteligence
c. literature
d. changeable
e. None of the above.

Item 10

a. privelage
b. possess
c. arithmetic
d. nuisance
e. None of the above.

Answers:

1. b – questionnaire
2. a – roommate
3. d – supersede
4. a – twelfth
5. a – tyranny
6. b – vacuum
7. a – weird
8. e – None of the above
9. b – intelligence
10. a – privilege

Civil Service Review Spelling Quiz 4 – Set 2

In each item, identify the word with incorrect spelling.

Item 01

a. acommodate
b. medieval
c. miniature
d. apparent
e. None of the above.

Item 02

a. believe
b. consensus
c. column
d. bellweather
e. None of the above.

Item 03

a. definitly
b. daiquiri
c. dumbbell
d. discipline
e. None of the above.

Item 04

a. judgment
b. jandiced
c. immediate
d. inoculate
e. None of the above.

Item 05

a. exhillarate
b. noticeable
c. neighbor
d. perseverance
e. None of the above.

Item 06

a. playwright
b. possession
c. drunkeness
d. pronunciation
e. None of the above.

Item 07

a. liaison
b. liesure
c. lingerie
d. lightning
e. None of the above.

Item 08

a. minuscule
b. maneuver
c. maintainance
d. misspell
e. None of the above.

Item 09

a. mimento
b. multitude
c. provocative
d. propitious
e. None of the above.

Item 10

a. equivocal
b. commensurate
c. contientious
d. irrevocable
e. None of the above.

Answers:

1. a – accommodate
2. d – bellwether
3. a – definitely
4. b – jaundiced
5. a – exhilarate
6. c – drunkenness
7. b – leisure
8. c – maintenance
9. a – memento
10. c – conscientious

Civil Service Review Spelling Quiz 3 – Set 2

In each item, identify the word with incorrect spelling.

Item 01

a. homage
b. insalubrious
c. ethnic
d. accidentaly
e. None of the above.

Item 02

a. mischeif
b. excerpt
c. linchpin
d. descry
e. None of the above.

Item 03

a. refferring
b. derivative
c. juncture
d. lethargic
e. None of the above.

Item 04

a. malediction
b. trully
c. permeable
d. circumlocution
e. None of the above.

Item 05

a. pejorative
b. chafe
c. thoruogh
d. ceremonious
e. None of the above.

Item 06

a. reverrence
b. clairvoyant
c. goad
d. jabber
e. None of the above.

Item 07

a. pecuniary
b. biennial
c. exacerbate
d. fullfill
e. None of the above.

Item 08

a. espionage
b. fourty
c. ethos
d. frivolous
e. None of the above.

Item 09

a. ennui
b. demeanor
c. goverment
d. pernicious
e. None of the above.

Item 10

a. necromancy
b. depose
c. irresistable
d. cornucopia
e. None of the above.

Answers:

1. d – accidentally
2. a – mischief
3. a – referring
4. b – truly
5. c – thorough
6. a – reverence
7. d – fulfill
8. b – forty
9. c – government
10. c – irresistible

Civil Service Review Spelling Quiz 2 – Set 2

In each item, identify the word with incorrect spelling.

Item 01

a. possesion
b. tenacious
c. ambivalent
d. atrocious
e. None of the above.

Item 02

a. odyssey
b. paraoh
c. chagrin
d. harmonious
e. None of the above.

Item 03

a. unfortunately
b. tomorrow
c. humoruous
d. restaurant
e. None of the above.

Item 04

a. knowledege
b. justification
c. marathon
d. rhythm
e. None of the above.

Item 05

a. cadence
b. ostracize
c. excommunicate
d. immediatly
e. None of the above.

Item 06

a. insolent
b. rue
c. benevolent
d. liason
e. None of the above.

Item 07

a. ethereal
b. occassion
c. diminished
d. dwindle
e. None of the above.

Item 08

a. resistence
b. parallel
c. ephemeral
d. satirical
e. None of the above.

Item 09

a. benign
b. altercation
c. essense
d. quarrel
e. None of the above.

Item 10

a. threshhold
b. tongue
c. profession
d. whirlwind
e. None of the above.

Answers:

1. a – possession
2. b – pharaoh
3. c – humorous
4. a – knowledge
5. d – immediately
6. d- liaison
7. b – occasion
8. a – resistance
9. c – essence
10. a – threshold

Civil Service Review Spelling Quiz 1 – Set 2

Item 01

a. comprehensive
b. desiccate
c. abstemius
d. ominous
e. None of the above.

Item 02

a. intermittent
b. acollade
c. composure
d. sporadic
e. None of the above.

Item 03

a. imperturbable
b. reckoning
c. limerick
d. coifure
e. None of the above.

Item 04

a. comemmorate
b. lethargic
c. poignancy
d. nostalgia
e. None of the above.

Item 05

a. detterent
b. polemic
c. satiate
d. sinewy
e. None of the above.

Item 06

a. tempestuous
b. dispise
c. shackle
d. supple
e. None of the above.

Item 07

a. draconian
b. accommodation
c. basically
d. disiddent
e. None of the above.

Item 08

a. assassination
b. chauffeur
c. fillibuster
d. harassment
e. None of the above.

Item 09

a. friend
b. believe
c. grimase
d. honorary
e. None of the above.

Item 10

a. impecunius
b. idiosyncrasy
c. necessary
d. separate
e. None of the above.

Answers:

1. c – abstemious
2. b – accolade
3. d – coiffure
4. a – commemorate
5. a – deterrent
6. b – despise
7. d – dissident
8. c – filibuster
9. c – grimace
10. a – impecunious