Fill in the blanks.
1The automobile quickly ............... the horse and the buggy.
Wrong!
Displaced means replaced.
2The poor kid has had one ............... after another.
Wrong!
3Nothing ............... me more than loud talking.
Wrong!
4His unhappy childhood fostered his ............... personality.
Wrong!
5The commercial incurred the ............... of many viewers.
Wrong!
6He was indicted for ............... public funds.
Wrong!
7The floodwaters ............... thousands of villagers.
Wrong!
8If you pay your rent, they can’t ............... you.
Wrong!
9He has a ............... way of staring at people.
Wrong!
10If you ............... one more time, you are going home.
Wrong!
misbehave - behave improperly
11Many people have ............... about astrology.
Wrong!
misconceptions - false notions
12I am sorry you ............... my meaning
Wrong!
Misconstrued = misinterpreted
Done.
Score: 0/12
Answers
- The automobile quickly displaced the horse and the buggy.
- The poor kid has had one misadventure after another.
- Nothing displeases me more than loud talking.
- His unhappy childhood fostered his misanthropic personality.
- The commercial incurred the displeasure of many viewers.
- He was indicted for misappropriating public funds.
- The floodwaters displaced thousands of villagers.
- If you pay your rent, they can’t dispossess you.
- He has a disquieting way of staring at people.
- If you misbehave one more time, you are going home.
- Many people have misconceptions about astrology.
- I am sorry you misconstrued my meaning
