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Answer: D
It is campaign.
The silent g comes from the French campagne, open country - a campaign was originally a season's operations in the field.
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Answer: D
Meaning: Pneumonia means lung inflammation caused by bacterial or viral infection, in which the air sacs fill with pus and may become solid. Inflammation may affect both lungs ( double pneumonia ) or only one ( single pneumonia).
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Answer: C
It is obsolete.
From the Latin obsolescere, to fall into disuse. The final syllable is -lete, rhyming with complete.
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Answer: A
It is admittance.
One d, two t's. The t doubles because admit ends in a stressed syllable with a single vowel and a single consonant - the same rule that gives permitted and beginning.
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Answer: A
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 nonagenarian.
From the Latin nonaginta, ninety - a person in their nineties. There is no e after the non-, which is what most misspellings add.
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Answer: A
It is tranquilize.
Built on tranquil, from the Latin tranquillus. British usage more often doubles the l as tranquillize; the single-l form is the American spelling.
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Answer: D
It is knavishly.
Knave keeps its silent k and drops the final e before -ish, and -ly is added whole.
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Answer: B
Meaning: Cassette means a sealed plastic unit containing a length of audio tape, videotape, film, etc. wound on a pair of spools, for insertion into a recorder, playback device, or other machine.
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