Commonly Confused Words - Quiz 23

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The marriage ___ is on of the most beautiful of all sacraments.
a. right
b. rite
c. wright
d. write
The members of the ___ were expected to pay yearly dues.
a. gild
b. guild
The metal pipe in a chimney through which the smoke passes is called a ___.
a. flew
b. flue
c. flu
The miners were digging for iron ___.
a. oar
b. ore
c. or
The monk had no possessions in the ___ that was his room.
a. sell
b. cell
The mountaineers made their ___ camp before attempting to climb to the summit.
a. base
b. bass
The movie ___ him so he turned it off.
a. board
b. bored
The national anthem of the gold ___ winner is played during the awards ceremony.
a. medal
b. meddle
c. mettle
The new rule is an ___ of the city council.
a. ordinance
b. ordnance
The novelist worked feverishly on his final ___.
a. draft
b. draught
The orchestral piece ending with a loud ___ crash.
a. symbol
b. cymbal
The park was the site of ____ murder.
a. grisly
b. grizzly
The pencil ___ broke as she wrote.
a. lead
b. led
The penthouse ___ is the most expensive apartment in the building.
a. suite
b. sweet
The politician learned how to smile and ___ even under stress
a. waive
b. wave
The prettiest girl is called the ___ of the ball.
a. bell
b. belle
The priest put the sacraments on the ___.
a. altar
b. alter
The prisoner was kept in a dark, dank ___.
a. dudgeon
b. dungeon
The prisoner was kept in his small ___.
a. cell
b. sell
The professor is an ___ specialist in the field.
a. emanate
b. eminent
c. imminent