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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It is obsolete.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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It is octennial.
Two n's, from the Latin octo and annus - happening every eight years. The doubled n comes from annus, as in biennial and centennial.
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Answer: A
It is orphanage.
One n. The suffix -age is added to orphan whole, as in patronage and parsonage.
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It is obstreperous.
From the Latin ob and strepere, to make a noise - noisily unruly. The order is -stre-, which is what most misspellings transpose.
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It is opprobrium.
Two p's, from the Latin ob and probrum, a disgraceful act. It means public disgrace or the reproach that brings it.
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It is parallelogram.
One r and then a double l, from the Greek parallelos. The word has three l's in all, and only the middle pair is doubled.
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It is pasteurization.
Named after Louis Pasteur, so the eur of his name is kept whole before the -ization.
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It is prosecutrix.
The feminine of prosecutor, formed with the Latin -trix ending as in executrix and aviatrix.
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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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It is pyorrhoea.
From the Greek pyon, pus, and rhoia, a flow - the same -rrhoea as in diarrhoea. British usage keeps the oe; Americans write pyorrhea.
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