These Words Sound Familiar But Are Different - Can You Identify?

9 Questions | By Catherinehalcomb | Updated: Mar 21, 2022 | Attempts: 166

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These Words Sound Familiar But Are Different - Can You Identify? - Quiz

Words that having similar sounds are called homonyms. Within the category of homonyms are two commonly confused concepts: homographs and homophones. Homographs are words that are may have the same spelling, but have different meanings and that may have different pronunciations.

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1.

Brookings is a well-known _________________, located in Washington, D.C.
- A.
  
  Institution
- B.
  
  Institutional
- C.
  
  Institutionalize
- D.
  
  Institutionalized
2.

Universities should put more _________________ on the students than they currently do.
- A.
  
  Emphasis
- B.
  
  Emphasized
- C.
  
  Emphasize
- D.
  
  Deemphasized
3.

It is not a good idea to _______________ words in a professional email.
- A.
  
  Abbreviation
- B.
  
  Abbreviated
- C.
  
  Abbreviate
- D.
  
  Unabbreviated
4.

The report was full or errors and looked like it had been put together at the last minute. The team is lucky they didn't get fired for their _________________ work.
- A.
  
  Optimum
- B.
  
  Optimal
- C.
  
  Optimize
- D.
  
  Optimally
- E.
  
  Suboptimal
5.

The accountant's ____________ job is to make sure the company's financial records are well-kept.
- A.
  
  Primary
- B.
  
  Primarily
6.

After it was discovered that the student plagiarized her final essay, the ethics committee reached the _______________ that she should be suspended for a semester.
- A.
  
  Conclusion
- B.
  
  Conclusive
- C.
  
  Conclude
- D.
  
  Conclusively
7.

The programming team wanted to put together a much more __________________ event next year.
- A.
  
  Drama
- B.
  
  Dramatic
- C.
  
  Dramatize
- D.
  
  Dramatically
- E.
  
  Undramatic
8.

He thought his new position in the company would _______________ him well. He was looking forward to overseeing the new team.
- A.
  
  Suitability
- B.
  
  Suitable
- C.
  
  Suit
- D.
  
  Suitably
- E.
  
  Unsuitable
9.

They responded _____________________ that they liked the teams new direction
- A.
  
  Agreement
- B.
  
  Agreeable
- C.
  
  Agree
- D.
  
  Agreeably
- E.
  
  Unagreeable