61.
Find the correctly spelt word:
Answer: D
It is lackadaisical.
From the old exclamation lackaday, itself from alack the day - a sighing, listless manner.
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Find the correctly spelt words.
62.
Find the correctly spelt word:
Answer: A
It is equanimity.
From the Latin aequus animus, an even mind. No letter is doubled, and the vowel before the -mity is an i.
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63.
Find the correctly spelt word:
Answer: D
It is occurred.
Two c's and two r's: the r doubles because occur is stressed on the last syllable. The same rule gives referred and preferred.
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64.
Find the correctly spelt word:
Answer: C
It is licentious.
From the Latin licentia, licence - taking liberties. The other three options misspell svelte, flippant and puerile.
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65.
Find the correctly spelt word:
Answer: A
It is grief.
I before e except after c: grief, brief, believe and receive all follow the rule, and the three wrong options all break it.
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66.
Find the correctly spelt word:
Answer: C
It is medicine.
The other three misspell furniture, example and sample. Medicine comes from the Latin medicus, a physician.
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67.
Find the correctly spelt word:
Answer: C
It is efflorescence.
Two f's, from the Latin ex and florescere, to begin to flower. The -escence ending marks the process of becoming.
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68.
Find the correctly spelt word:
Answer: C
It is offspring.
Two f's, from off and spring - that which springs off. The other three options misspell exterminate, inexplicable and referee.
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69.
Find the correctly spelt word:
Answer: A
It is occasion.
Two c's and one s, from the Latin occasio. The commonest error is to double the s instead.
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70.
Find the correctly spelt word:
Answer: A
It is entrepreneur.
French, from entreprendre, to undertake. The re appears twice in the middle: en-tre-pre-neur.
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