oDesk English Spelling (US Version) Test Answers 2015

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1. Identify the misspelled word in the list below.
Answers:
• Cachet
• Connoisseur
• Charateristic
• Catastrophe

2. 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
3. Identify the misspelled word in the list below.
Answers:
• Pageant
• Poignant
• Plummage
• Priggish
4. 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
5. 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
6. Identify the misspelled word in the list below.
Answers:
• Councelor
• Condescend
• Camouflage
• Criticize
7. Identify the misspelled word in the list below.
Answers:
• Rhythmical
• Reminiscence
• Rheumatism
• Resevoir
8. Identify the misspelled word in the list below.
Answers:
• Yacht
• Youthful
• Yeilding
• Yesterday
9. Identify the misspelled word in the list below.
Answers:
• Wierd
• Wired
• Whined
• Willful
10. Identify the misspelled word in the list below.
Answers:
• Accomodate
• Analyze
• Acknowledgment
• Asterisk
11. Complete the following sentence by choosing the correct spelling of the missing word.

Their relationship was plagued by __________ problems.
Answers:
• perpetual
• perpechual
• purpetual
• perptual
12. 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
13. 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
14. 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
15. 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
16. Complete the following sentence by choosing the correct spelling of the missing word.

_________animals feed almost exclusively on meat.
Answers:
• Carnivorus
• Carnivorous
• Carnivoures
• Carnivoreus
17. 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
18. Choose the correct spelling of the word from the options below.
Answers:
• Persue
• Parsue
• Persou
• Pursue
19. 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
20. Choose the correct spelling of the word from the options below.
Answers:
• Vacuum
• Vaccuum
• Vacumm
• Vaccum
21. Choose the correct spelling of the word from the options below.
Answers:
• Forfiet
• Forfeit
• Forefeit
• Fourfit
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:
• Idiosyncracy
• Idiosincrasy
• Idiosyncrasy
• Ideosyncracy
24. Choose the correct spelling of the word from the options below.
Answers:
• Manoeuvar
• Manouver
• Maneuver
• Manuver
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. Choose the correct spelling of the word from the options below.
Answers:
• Embarassment
• Embrassement
• Embarrasment
• Embarrassment
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. Choose the correct spelling of the word from the options below.
Answers:
• Adress
• Addrress
• Addres
• Address
30. Choose the correct spelling of the word from the options below.
Answers:
• Temperamental
• Tempermental
• Temperamentle
• Temparamental
31. Choose the correct spelling of the word from the options below.
Answers:
• Heinous
• Henous
• Heinus
32. 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
33. Choose the correct spelling of the word from the options below.
Answers:
• Gauge
• Gaje
• Guage
• Gaige
34. Choose the correct spelling of the word from the options below.
Answers:
• Excesive
• Exccesive
• Excessive
• Exceesive
35. Choose the correct spelling of the word from the options below.
Answers:
• Priveledge
• Privilage
• Privilege
• Privelege
36. 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
37. Choose the correct spelling of the word from the options below.
Answers:
• Exhilirate
• Exhilarate
• Exhilireat
• Exhilrate
38. Choose the correct spelling of the word from the options below.
Answers:
• Bureaucrasy
• Buroucracy
• Bureaucracy
• Beuraucracy
39. Complete the following sentence by choosing the correct spelling of the missing word.

Hazel Dormouse is a _________ creature.
Answers:
• nocternal
• nocturnal
• noctarnal
• nacturnal
40. 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
41. Identify the misspelled word in the list below.
Answers:
• Hemorrhage
• Harass
• Hankerchief
• Hypocrisy
42. Identify the misspelled word in the list below.
Answers:
• Sophomore
• Supersede
• Susceptable
• Spontaneous
43. Choose the correct spelling of the word from the options below.
Answers:
• Conscentiuos
• Consentious
• Conscientous
• Conscientious
44. Identify the misspelled word in the list below.
Answers:
• Enhancement
• Elicit
• Enegma
• Ecstasy
45. 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
46. 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
47. 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
48. 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
49. 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
50. 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
51. 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
52. 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
53. Which of the following options means, "the owner or manager of a restaurant"?
Answers:
• Restaureter
• Restaurater
• Restaurateur
• Restourateur
54. 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
55. 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
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.
Answers:
• 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.
Answers:
• 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.
Answers:
• plagiarism
• plagiarizm
• plagerism
• plagirism