Mixing up Words That Look the Same Fred’s boss was uninterested in his lame excuses. You can trust the judge to make the right decision; she’s completely disinterested.
Test: Mixing up Words That Look the Same 1. The symphony will be played as (adapted, adopted) for soprano kazoo. 2. Kathy’s friends abandoned her when she (adapted, adopted) six orphaned baby skunks. 3. The professor’s (allusions, delusions, illusions) to Shakespeare seemed inappropriate in a lecture about the life cycle of the newt. 4. Ralph suffers from the (allusion, delusion, illusion) that he is the reincarnation of King Tut, but in fact he is the reincarnation of Queen Nefertiti. 5. At the end of the act, the magician makes the entire audience disappear, but it’s only an (allusion, illusion). 6. Sam complained that his parents made him work all night on his French (assignation, assignment). 7. Is she sneaking out for an (assignation, assignment) with her flamenco instructor, or just going to meet her accountant? 8. Even when Cindy has to shovel the sidewalk, she still has a (childlike, childish) love for snow. 9. The senator’s (childish, childlike) sulking delighted the press but irritated voters. 10. During the eight-hour trip, the children (continually, continuously) asked how long it would take to get there. 11. The car alarm will ring for two hours (continually, continuously) unless someone turns it off. 12. Her story about being a secret agent cracking an international cheese-smuggling ring doesn’t seem (creditable, credible, credulous) to me.
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