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Spelling Exercise Five
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The 50 words here are among the most frequently misspelled. One of the pair is spelled correctly, the other incorrectly. Enter the letter (a) or (b) of the correctly spelled word of the pair. Make a list of the words you have missed.

1
 
A)municipal
B)municiple
2
 
A)cemetery
B)cemetary
3
 
A)indispensable
B)indispensible
4
 
A)occurrence
B)occurence
5
 
A)villain
B)villian
6
 
A)exhillirate
B)exhilarate
7
 
A)irresistible
B)irresistable
8
 
A)consensus
B)concensus
9
 
A)committment
B)commitment
10
 
A)nuclear
B)nuculear
11
 
A)pronunciation
B)pronounciation
12
 
A)existance
B)existence
13
 
A)illiterate
B)iliterate
14
 
A)liaison
B)liason
15
 
A)nineth
B)ninth
16
 
A)dissention
B)dissension
17
 
A)develepment
B)development
18
 
A)desireable
B)desirable
19
 
A)occasion
B)occassion
20
 
A)nickle
B)nickel
21
 
A)alot
B)a lot
22
 
A)referring
B)refering
23
 
A)seperate
B)separate
24
 
A)similar
B)similir
25
 
A)receive
B)recieve
26
 
A)belief
B)beleif
27
 
A)privilege
B)priviledge
28
 
A)predjudice
B)prejudice
29
 
A)their
B)thier
30
 
A)grammer
B)grammar
31
 
A)accommodate
B)accomodate
32
 
A)barberous
B)barbarous
33
 
A)athelete
B)athlete
34
 
A)preceed
B)precede
35
 
A)arguement
B)argument
36
 
A)harrass
B)harass
37
 
A)repetition
B)repitition
38
 
A)definately
B)definitely
39
 
A)disasterous
B)disastrous
40
 
A)exagerate
B)exaggerate
41
 
A)achievement
B)acheivement
42
 
A)vaccum
B)vacuum
43
 
A)apparent
B)apparant
44
 
A)conscience
B)concience
45
 
A)luxory
B)luxury
46
 
A)forty
B)fourty
47
 
A)embarrass
B)embarass
48
 
A)interprertation
B)interpretation
49
 
A)assistant
B)assisstant
50
 
A)allotted
B)alotted





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