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Spelling Quiz

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Please indicate whether the underlined words are being used correctly or incorrectly in the sentences below. When you have finished, look up the words you got wrong in a dictionary!

1. That jewel is very pernicious. Insure it immediately!
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2. Stop being so pernickety about every detail. We need to get this finished!
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3. The fossil was saved by putrefaction.
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4. Please don't be so petit about this issue.
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5. My brother is a perfect pestle.
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6. I'm afraid that's just a little peccadillo of mine.
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7. My teacher is so pedantic, he thinks he knows it all.
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8. His sister is a philanthropist, she collects stamps.
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9. That's so annoying, it really peeves me.
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10. With everyone on the gravy train our democracy has become a plutocracy!
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