Confusable Words: Idle, Idol, Idyll, Illicit and Elicit Exercise

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1. Just because you are old does not mean you have to be idle.
2. Hindus worship idols.
3. Our Caribbean holiday was a perfect idyll.
4. The police are cracking down on illicit gambling.
5. The investigator was able to elicit a confession from the accused.
6. The illusions of youth fade with maturity.
7. The illusory state of tranquility soon erupted into war.
8. An imaginative set director can always enhance the play.
9. Lending someone your passport is an imbecilic / idiotic thing to do.
10. The young men consumed an immoderate amount of wine and fell asleep.
11. The management and the trade union have reached an impasse.
12. The water shortage impaired the city’s fire-fighting capacity.