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Answer: B
It is idealism.
Built on ideal, which keeps the whole of idea before adding -l. The e is what most misspellings drop.
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It is ignorance.
The ending is -ance, not -ence, because the Latin verb ignorare belongs to the first conjugation, whose nouns take -ance in English.
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It is influenza.
Italian for influence - the disease was once thought to be brought on by the influence of the stars. Flu is the shortened form.
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Answer: C
It is ignominious.
From the Latin in and nomen, a name - ignominy is the loss of one's good name. There is no e before the -ous.
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It is immediately.
Two m's, from the Latin in- assimilating before medius, middle: with nothing in the middle, hence at once. The full adjective immediate keeps its e before -ly.
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It is incessantly.
Two s's, from the Latin in and cessare, to cease - not ceasing.
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It is incipient.
From the Latin incipere, to begin. The ending is -ient, and the first vowel is an i, not an e.
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It is inconvenience.
The ending is -ence, from the Latin convenire, to come together, a fourth-conjugation verb. Convenient shows the same vowel.
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It is iniquitous.
From iniquity, the Latin in and aequus, unequal or unjust. The word is not built on inequity, though the two are related.
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It is isochromatic.
From the Greek isos, equal, and chroma, colour - of the same colour. The o joining the two parts is the usual Greek connecting vowel.
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