Word choice quiz
Related words people swap even though each has its own job. 20 questions with answers.
1. Having raised twins herself, the nurse had deep for the tired new parents and knew exactly how they felt.
Answer: empathy. She shares and understands their feelings from experience, which is empathy. See the full explanation.
2. The office sent flowers and a card when Raj's grandmother passed away.
Answer: sympathy. The card expresses sorrow for someone's loss, so sympathy fits. See the full explanation.
3. Our hotel was two miles from the beach than the photos suggested.
Answer: farther. This is a measurable physical distance, so farther, with far inside it, fits best. See the full explanation.
4. The manager wants to discuss the proposal next week.
Answer: further. This means more or to a greater extent, not distance, so further fits. See the full explanation.
5. Ben's great-grandfather decided to from Ireland in 1910.
Answer: emigrate. He is leaving his home country, and the word takes from, so emigrate fits. See the full explanation.
6. Priya hopes to to Australia after she finishes nursing school.
Answer: immigrate. She is moving into a new country to live, so immigrate, used with to, fits. See the full explanation.
7. Ben looked at his neighbor's shiny new truck with .
Answer: envy. Ben wants something that another person has, which is envy. See the full explanation.
8. The toddler's flared up whenever his mom held the new baby.
Answer: jealousy. He fears losing his mother's attention to someone else, so jealousy fits. See the full explanation.
9. The boss never said it, but there was an expectation that we answer emails at night.
Answer: implicit. The expectation was understood but never stated, so implicit fits. See the full explanation.
10. The sign was : no swimming after dark.
Answer: explicit. The rule is stated clearly and directly, so explicit fits. See the full explanation.
11. The game will go on of the rain.
Answer: regardless. This is the standard word for 'without being affected by,' so regardless fits. See the full explanation.
12. Many editors cross out and write regardless instead.
Answer: irregardless. Editors replace the nonstandard form, which is irregardless. See the full explanation.
13. Next year, Omar will responsibility for the team's budget.
Answer: assume. The meaning is to take on a responsibility, which only assume can mean. See the full explanation.
14. I wouldn't to give advice to someone with so much experience.
Answer: presume. The meaning is to act too boldly, as if you had the right, which is presume. See the full explanation.
15. The rough seas left half the passengers .
Answer: nauseated. The passengers feel sick, and nauseated is the choice no reader will question. See the full explanation.
16. A odor drifted out of the drain, so we called a plumber.
Answer: nauseous. The odor causes a sick feeling, which is the original meaning of nauseous. See the full explanation.
17. The record-breaking snowfall was a event for the small town.
Answer: historic. The event is important and memorable enough to make history, so historic fits. See the full explanation.
18. She spent the summer reading letters in the city archive.
Answer: historical. The letters simply come from the past, so historical fits. See the full explanation.
19. The bright colors in the painting a hot summer day.
Answer: evoke. The colors bring an image and a feeling to mind, so evoke fits. See the full explanation.
20. The company may its right to cancel the order.
Answer: invoke. The company is calling on a right to justify an action, so invoke fits. See the full explanation.
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