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
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