Commonly Confused Words

2. He used a high-tech drill to ____ a hole in the wall.
5. Shortly after I began my ____ of Mt. Everest, my climb was ended due to severe injury.
9. After 20 years of leading the school, our ____ is retiring.
10. His cruel remarks caused her to hurriedly ____ from the room in tears.
12. The doctor said that I would be back on my ____ in no time.
14. He ____ his chest to show us the ghastly scar.
17. We were so excited when we received the ____ tickets because it meant we wouldn’t have to pay.
19. Behind her mother’s back, Sally asked the seamstress to ____ her school uniform because she felt it was too long.
20. I am a ____ adult! You can’t tell me what to do!

1. If you’re having difficulties, you should speak with the Guidance ____ sooner rather than later.
3. All of us went to vote ____ for Jay because he was forced to remain in quarantine with his family.
4. The car was not moving when he crashed into it. It was ____.
6. The government is looking for a ____ on which to build the new school.
7. The action of the ocean's ____ is caused by the gravitational force of the moon.
8. A mirage is an optical ____.
11. The artist Michelangelo was commissioned to paint the ____ of the Sistine Chapel.
13. Since the children found the money, it is ____ right to decide what they should do with it.
15. Your calloused attitude towards your family is having a very negative ____ on us all.
16. Even though he committed a serious felony, the man was out on ____ in no time.
18. Like a wild animal, she ____ on the weak and vulnerable.