Find the correctly spelt word:
Answer: C
It is accelerate.
Two c's and one l. The prefix ad- assimilates to ac- before celer, the Latin for swift - the same root as celerity.
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Answer: D
It is accessary.
Two c's and two s's. Accessary is the older spelling used in law of a person who aids a crime; accessory is the usual form for a thing added.
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Answer: B
It is accompany.
Two c's, one m. From the Latin cum panis, with bread - a companion is one you break bread with, and to accompany is to go with.
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Answer: A
It is accountancy.
Two c's. The word is built on account, from the Latin computare, to reckon, with the assimilated prefix ad-.
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Answer: D
It is acquaintance.
One c, then qu: acquaint comes through Old French from the Latin accognitare, to make known. The ending is -ance, not -ence.
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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: B
It is aerodrome.
From the Greek aer, air, and dromos, a running course - the same ending as hippodrome. One d, one m, and no doubled letters at all.
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Answer: D
It is aesthetics.
The ae is the Greek diphthong, from aisthesis, perception. Americans write esthetics; British usage keeps the a.
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Answer: D
It is affectionate.
Two f's, one t before -ionate. The doubled f comes from the Latin prefix ad- assimilating before facere.
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Answer: B
It is archaeology.
From the Greek archaios, ancient - the ae before the o is what most misspellings lose. Americans write archeology.
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