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Choose the correctly spelled form of the word to fill in the blank.

The priest _________ her head with holy water.
- anointed
- annointed
- Don't Know
For an old car, it's _____________.
- alright
- all right
- Don't Know
The use of e-mail has _______________ office memos.
- superseded
- superceded
- Don't Know
The company made one last __________ attempt at turning a profit.
- desparate
- desperate
- Don't Know
Although she was on a diet, she found the chocolate cake _____________.
- irresistible
- irresistable
- Don't Know
The misbehaving children had to be ____________.
- separated
- seperated
- Don't Know
The recipe says you should melt or __________ the butter.
- liquify
- liquefy
- Don't Know
The river has been ____________ for decades.
- desicated
- desiccated
- Don't Know
My supervisor told me I was ______________ to the company.
- indispensable
- indispensible
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He decided not to _________ an acting career, and stuck with accounting instead.
- persue
- pursue
- Don't Know
Due to the Christmas rush, everyone has ________ of work to do this week.
- a lot
- alot
- Don't Know
She walked away ________ during the argument.
- cooly
- coolly
- Don't Know
I highly __________ you have the presentation ready before the meeting.
- recommend
- reccomend
- Don't Know
The associates thought the new policy was an act of __________.
- tyrrany
- tyranny
- Don't Know
He __________ the opportunity to take a vacation.
- siezed
- seized
- Don't Know
She brings flowers to the ___________ once a month.
- cemetery
- cemetary
- Don't Know
To our surprise, he received a __________ yesterday.
- subpoena
- subpena
- Don't Know
The new database has ____________ increased efficiency.
- definately
- definitely
- Don't Know
Sexual _____________ has become a big issue in corporate America.
- harassment
- harrassment
- Don't Know
Bob assured management that the __________ would never happen again.
- occurrence
- occurence
- Don't Know
Did you notice that Nancy is acting a little ________ today?
- wierd
- weird
- Don't Know
The ____________ of the employees was to go ahead with the new project.
- consensus
- concensus
- Don't Know
He _____________ erased the file from his computer.
- inadvertently
- inadvertantly
- Don't Know
"Don't worry," he said, "the drop in the stock market today was practically ___________."
- miniscule
- minuscule
- Don't Know
He was saving the bottle of wine for a special __________.
- ocassion
- occasion
- Don't Know
She was ___________ in the emergency room to determine the exact nature of her illness.
- innoculated
- inoculated
- Don't Know
The time limit for the quiz is not to ___________ one hour.
- excede
- exceed
- Don't Know
The board sent the plans to the research and ____________ department.
- developement
- development
- Don't Know
Instead of working, he sat at his desk and pondered the meaning of his own _______________.
- existence
- existance
- Don't Know
The two college students were charged with public _____________.
- drunkenness
- drunkeness
- Don't Know
The service department _____________ the files two hours ago.
- recieved
- received
- Don't Know
The rain began to __________ after a couple hours.
- disipate
- dissipate
- Don't Know
We had wonderful ________________ at the Radisson.
- accommodations
- acommodations
- Don't Know
She could not hide her ______________ after tripping over the rug.
- embarassment
- embarrassment
- Don't Know
"I am in ___________!" she exclaimed while eating the gourmet pastry.
- ecstasy
- ecstacy
- Don't Know
The ___________ was nearly wiped out at the Battle of the Bulge.
- battallion
- battalion
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She was ___________ about doing the job by herself.
- insistent
- insistant
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Jesse is always ___________ first thing in the morning.
- irritable
- irritible
- Don't Know
The congregation gasped at the pastor's _____________ comments.
- sacreligious
- sacrilegious
- Don't Know
He ______________ spilled coffee all over the report, so he had to print another copy.
- accidentally
- accidently
- Don't Know
I think everyone got tired of hearing about the president's _____________.
- liason
- liaison
- Don't Know
She saved the movie ticket stub as a ___________ of their first date.
- memento
- momento
- Don't Know
He wondered if George W. Bush likes __________.
- brocolli
- broccoli
- Don't Know
They argued for hours about when the new ___________ really began.
- millennium
- millenium
- Don't Know
He's known around the office for his poor _____________.
- judgment
- judgement
- Don't Know
He caused the accident because he failed to ________ at the intersection.
- yeild
- yield
- Don't Know
They hired an ______________ contractor to install the new hardware.
- independance
- independent
- Don't Know
She was filled with __________ when she realized what she had done.
- despair
- dispair
- Don't Know
The professor stated that freedom is a ____________, not a right.
- privilege
- priviledge
- Don't Know
Some people believe that ___________ is the best learning method.
- repitition
- repetition
- Don't Know
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