Commonly Confused Words - Quiz 26

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They traveled for ___ with very little money.
a. days
b. daze
Things are not as they ___.
a. seam
b. seem
This ___ is about traffic safety.
a. lessen
b. lesson
This car has the right of ___.
a. way
b. weigh
This field will be the ___ of the new shopping center.
a. cite
b. sight
c. site
This has been a ___ effort.
a. team
b. teem
This is a very ___ decision.
a. personal
b. personnel
This is the ___ of the proposed library building.
a. sight
b. site
c. cite
This medication will ___ the pain.
a. lessen
b. lesson
This new information does not ___ my opinion of him.
a. altar
b. alter
This party is supposed to ___ our successful colleague's achievement.
a. fate
b. fete
This pie is too ___.
a. suite
b. sweet
Those who follow a vegetarian diet eat no ___.
a. meat
b. meet
c. mete
Tie the ___ tighter.
a. not
b. knot
To apply for a job, visit the ___ department.
a. personal
b. personnel
To err is ___.
a. human
b. humane
To give someone a wide ___ means to stay out of their way.
a. berth
b. birth
Tolstoy was a ___ Russian writer.
a. grate
b. great
Two liters of milk should be enough to ___ us over until Monday.
a. tied
b. tide
Use a knife to ___ the potatoes.
a. pear
b. pair
c. pare