oDesk English Spelling Test (U.S. Version) 2015
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1. Choose the correct spelling of the word from the options below.
Answers:• Persue
• Parsue
• Persou
• Pursue
2. 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.
Answers:• amnesty
• amnasty
• anmesty
• emnesty
3. Complete the following sentence by choosing the correct spelling of the
missing word.
Arthur spent hours admiring the gothic ____________of all those French
cathedrals.
Answers:• architecture
• arkhitecture
• arcitecture
• arckitecture
4. Choose the correct spelling of the word from the options below.
Answers:• Forfiet
• Forfeit
• Forefeit
• Fourfit
5. Choose the correct spelling of the word from the options below.
Answers:• Idiosyncracy
• Idiosincrasy
• Idiosyncrasy
• Ideosyncracy
6. Identify the misspelled word in the list below.
Answers:• Rhythmical
• Reminiscence
• Rheumatism
• Resevoir
7. Identify the misspelled word in the list below.
Answers:• Yacht
• Youthful
• Yeilding
• Yesterday
8. Choose the correct spelling of the word from the options below.
Answers:• Embarassment
• Embrassement
• Embarrasment
• Embarrassment
9. Choose the correct spelling of the word from the options below.
Answers:• Gauge
• Gaje
• Guage
• Gaige
10. Complete the following sentence by choosing the correct spelling of the
missing word.
Their relationship was plagued by __________ problems.
Answers:• perpetual
• perpechual
• purpetual
• perptual
11. 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.
Answers:• illumenate
• iluminate
• illuminate
• elluminate
12. 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.
Answers:• twelvth
• twelfth
• twelfeth
• twelth
13. Choose the correct spelling of the word from the options below.
Answers:• Bureaucrasy
• Buroucracy
• Bureaucracy
• Beuraucracy
14. Complete the following sentence by choosing the correct spelling of the
missing word.
No one knew what devious experiments the scientist conducted in his ______________ .
Answers:• labretory
• laboratary
• laboratory
• labratory
15. Complete the following sentence by choosing the correct spelling of the missing word.
The crowd ________________ me on my acceptance into Mensa.
Answers:• congradulated
• congrachulated
• congratulated
• congratilated
16. Complete the following sentence by choosing the correct spelling of the
missing word.
Sally’s nervous __________ left her standing at the altar.
Answers:• fiancé
• finance
• feancé
• fience
17. Complete the following sentence by choosing the correct spelling of the
missing word.
The clown’s performance was _______________, to say the least.
Answers:• dissapointing
• dissappointing
• disapointing
• disappointing
18. Complete the following sentence by choosing the correct spelling of the
missing word.
The professor made it clear that ___________ would not be tolerated.
Answers:• plagiarism
• plagiarizm
• plagerism
• plagirism
19. Identify the misspelled word in the list below.
Answers:• Pageant
• Poignant
• Plummage
• Priggish
20. Choose the correct spelling of the word from the options below.
Answers:• Vacuum
• Vaccuum
• Vacumm
• Vaccum
21. 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.
Answers:• specificaly
• specifically
• specifycally
• specificly
22. Choose the correct spelling of the word from the options below.
Answers:• Posess
• Poesess
• Possess
• Pozess
23. Choose the correct spelling of the word from the options below.
Answers:• Manoeuvar
• Manouver
• Maneuver
• Manuver
24. Identify the misspelled word in the list below.
Answers:• Councelor
• Condescend
• Camouflage
• Criticize
25. Complete the following sentence by choosing the correct spelling of the
missing word.
Sam _________ a successful political campaign.
Answers:• orchestraited
• orchestrated
• orchestreated
• orcestrated
26. Choose the correct spelling of the word from the options below.
Answers:• Reminiscience
• Reminiscence
• Reminescence
• Reminisense
27. Identify the misspelled word in the list below.
Answers:• Wierd
• Wired
• Whined
• Willful
28. 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.
Answers:• accquired
• ecquired
• acquired
• akquired
29. Identify the misspelled word in the list below.
Answers:• Cachet
• Connoisseur
• Charateristic
• Catastrophe
30. Choose the correct spelling of the word from the options below.
Answers:• Adress
• Addrress
• Addres
• Address
31. Choose the correct spelling of the word from the options below.
Answers:• Temperamental
• Tempermental
• Temperamentle
• Temparamental
32. Identify the misspelled word in the list below.
Answers:• Accomodate
• Analyze
• Acknowledgment
• Asterisk
33. Choose the correct spelling of the word from the options below.
Answers:• Heinous
• Henous
• Heinus
34. Complete the following sentence by choosing the correct spelling of the
missing word.
The protesters hurled ___________ insults at us as we walked by.
Answers:• vicous
• vicious
• vicoius
• vicius
35. Choose the correct spelling of the word from the options below.
Answers:• Excesive
• Exccesive
• Excessive
• Exceesive
36. Choose the correct spelling of the word from the options below.
Answers:• Priveledge
• Privilage
• Privilege
• Privelege
37. Choose the correct spelling of the word from the options below.
Answers:• Exhilirate
• Exhilarate
• Exhilireat
• Exhilrate
38. Complete the following sentence by choosing the correct spelling of the
missing word.
Hazel Dormouse is a _________ creature.
Answers:• nocternal
• nocturnal
• noctarnal
• nacturnal
39. Complete the following sentence by choosing the correct spelling of the
missing word.
The church members accused the cult of _______________ practices.
Answers:• sacreligious
• sacrelegious
• sacrilegious
• sacrilgious
40. Identify the misspelled word in the list below.
Answers:• Hemorrhage
• Harass
• Hankerchief
• Hypocrisy
41. Identify the misspelled word in the list below.
Answers:• Sophomore
• Supersede
• Susceptable
• Spontaneous
42. Choose the correct spelling of the word from the options below.
Answers:• Conscentiuos
• Consentious
• Conscientous
• Conscientious
43. Identify the misspelled word in the list below.
Answers:• Enhancement
• Elicit
• Enegma
• Ecstasy
44. 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 she’s decided to
get a degree in __________.
Answers:• pshycology
• psycology
• psyhcology
• psychology
45. Complete the following sentence by choosing the correct spelling of the
missing word.
Helen was surprised by the __________ stature of her blind date.
Answers:• diminutive
• diminuative
• deminutive
• dimminutive
46. Complete the following sentence by choosing the correct spelling of the
missing word.
Peter always makes such a _____________ of himself!
Answers:• nuisance
• nuisents
• newsanse
• nuisince
47. 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.
Answers:• kindergarden
• kindegarten
• kindergarten
• kindegarden
48. 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.
Answers:• barbecue
• barbequeue
• barbycue
• barbcue
49. Complete the following sentence by choosing the correct spelling of the
missing word.
Clara the cat simply chose to ignore the ______________ of our dog.
Answers:• existence
• existance
• existense
• existanse
50. Complete the following sentence by choosing the correct spelling of the
missing word.
My father does not believe in ____________ , but my mother does.
Answers:• reincanation
• reincarenation
• reincarnation
• reincantation
51. 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.
Answers:• liasion
• liaison
• liasone
• leason
52. Which of the following options means, "the owner or manager of a restaurant"?
Answers:• Restaureter
• Restaurater
• Restaurateur
• Restourateur
53. 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.
Answers:• itenreray
• itinerary
• iteneray
• itinirary
54. Complete the following sentence by choosing the correct spelling of the
missing word.
_________animals feed almost exclusively on meat.
Answers:• Carnivorus
• Carnivorous
• Carnivoures
• Carnivoreus
55. Complete the following sentence by choosing the correct spelling of the
missing word.
After my grandfather was diagnosed with chronic_________, he moved to
Arizona.
Answers:• Neumonia
• Penumonia
• Pneumonia
• Pnuemonia
56. Complete the following sentence by choosing the correct spelling of the
missing word.
He wrote __________on every topic from shoestrings to string theory.
Answers:• prollifically
• prolificaly
• prollificaly
• prolifically
57. 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.
Answers:• loose
• looze
• lose
• louse
58. 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.
Answers:• flabergasted
• flabberghasted
• flabbergasted
• flabbergashted
