TRICKY SPELLINGS

By Chimerae

RECOGNIZE THESE WORDS, BUT HOW CERTAIN ARE YOU ABOUT THEIR SPELLING? THE AVERAGE SCORE FOR THIS QUIZ IS 5/10.


1. You stand before a crowd with a treatise for religious creeds. You are delivering a:

    catechism

    catichism

    catachism

    chatecism

2. You must complete ten track and field events if you participate in this kind of challenge:

    decathelon

    decathelon

    decathlon

    decathalon

3. If you had this, you may be able to afford what you need:

    werewithal

    wherewithall

    werewithall

    wherewithal

4. Your interest in death and the afterlife may lead you to study this subject:

    escheatology

    escetology

    eschotology

    eschatology

5. 'Every Good Boy Does Fine' helps you remember the five lines of the treble clef. You are using this device:

    mneumonic

    nemonic

    pneumonic

    mnemonic

6. As a lifeguard, you must know CPR so that you can do this:

    rescusitate

    rescussitate

    resussitate

    resuscitate

7. The history of a species' evolution is a branch of science known as:

    phylogeny

    phelogony

    phelogeny

    philogony

8. If you apply soothing lotion to painfully dry skin, you are applying an:

    emmolient

    emollient

    immolliant

    emolient

9. This is the distribution of light and shadow in a work of art:

    chiaraschuro

    chiarascuro

    chiaroscuro

    ciaraschuro

10. If you can't put something into words, you may find it:

    inexpressable

    unexpressible

    unexpressable

    inexpressible