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Answer: C
It is bouquet.
French, from a diminutive of bois, a wood - a little thicket of flowers. The final t is silent and there is no e after it.
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Answer: D
It is veterinary.
Five syllables: vet-er-in-ar-y. The word comes from the Latin veterinae, beasts of burden, and the -er- is the syllable that speech usually swallows.
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Answer: B
It is chancellery.
Two l's, from chancellor. The chancellery is his office or residence.
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Answer: A
It is excessive.
One x, two s's, from the Latin excedere, to go beyond. The x already carries the ks sound, so it is never doubled.
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Answer: D
It is indispensable.
The ending is -able, not -ible, and the vowel before it is an a. Dispense keeps its s throughout.
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Answer: A
It is humorous.
The u of humour is dropped before -ous, as in rigorous and vigorous. The other three options are misspellings of generous, populous and meritorious.
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Answer: B
It is itinerary.
From the Latin iter, itineris, a journey. The word has five syllables and the second e is the one usually lost.
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Answer: B
It is surveillance.
From the French surveiller, to watch over. The eill is French, and the ending is -ance.
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Answer: A
It is sepulchral.
Built on sepulchre, from the Latin sepelire, to bury. The ch is hard and the l comes after it.
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Answer: C
It is accommodation.
Two c's and two m's - the word has room for both, which is the standard mnemonic. From the Latin ad and commodus, fitting.
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