Commonly Confused Words
Across
- 3. He used a high-tech drill to ____ a hole in the wall.
- 5. If you’re having difficulties, you should speak with the Guidance ____ sooner rather than later.
- 6. The government is looking for a ____ on which to build the new school.
- 10. The artist Michelangelo was commissioned to paint the ____ of the Sistine Chapel.
- 12. Shortly after I began my ____ of Mt. Everest, my climb was ended due to severe injury.
- 13. A mirage is an optical ____.
- 14. Even though he committed a serious felony, the man was out on ____ in no time.
- 15. Behind her mother’s back, Sally asked the seamstress to ____ her school uniform because she felt it was too long.
- 16. He ____ his chest to show us the ghastly scar.
- 19. All of us went to vote ____ for Jay because he was forced to remain in quarantine with his family.
Down
- 1. I am a ____ adult! You can’t tell me what to do!
- 2. Since the children found the money, it is ¬¬____ right to decide what they should do with it.
- 4. Like a wild animal, she ____ on the weak and vulnerable.
- 7. The action of the ocean's ____ is caused by the gravitational force of the moon.
- 8. After 20 years of leading the school, our ____ is retiring.
- 9. His cruel remarks caused her to hurriedly ____ from the room in tears.
- 10. We were so excited when we received the ____ tickets because it meant we wouldn’t have to pay.
- 11. The car was not moving when he crashed into it. It was ____.
- 17. Your calloused attitude towards your family is having a very negative ____ on us all.
- 18. The doctor said that I would be back on my ____ in no time.