Confusing Words Exercise

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1. She was in such a quandary. She didn’t know to whom to turn.
2. The dictator’s army quashed / squashed / quelled the rebellion.
3. The door was purposely left open.
4. The student purposefully studied all night in order to secure good grades.
5. If he drank too much he would become pugnacious.
6. His provocative remarks started an argument.
7. Prohibitive / prohibitory laws discouraged the drug trade.
8. The family’s privation was pitiable.
9. He had nothing left of his inheritance because of his prodigal / spendthrift / wanton ways.
10. It took a great deal of presumption / audacity / impertinence to insult the mayor at his own party.
11. His mother’s work as a nurse predisposed him to become a doctor.
12. My family takes precedence over my work.