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Class 'dis' 'mis'sed

  •  English    23     Public
    Prefix dis and mis
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  • I think there must have been some kind of ______. That's not what I meant.
    mistakenness
    misunderstood
    misunderstanding
    misunderstandable
  •  15
  • Some of Susan's decisions have been ______, to say the least.
    misguiding
    unguided
    disguided
    misguided
  •  20
  • Some of the participant's names had been ____ in the conference programme.
    misunderstood
    miswrote
    misspelt
    misinterpreted
  •  25
  • Some people are very ______ of conventional medicine but are happy to try the strangest natural remedies.
    mistrustful
    mistrusted
    mistrust
    distrusting
  •  20
  • The predictions were based on a serious ____ of the results in the survey.
    misinterpretating
    misinterpreting
    misinterpretatiousness
    misinterpretation
  •  15
  • Some of the promises interns are made before they start work are particularly ______
    mislead
    misled
    misleading
    disleading
  •  25
  • Replace one or two words with a 'mis-' word: That boy is always behaving badly-he needs to be taught some manners.
    misbehaving
  •  15
  • Replace with a 'mis-' word: It's often possible to *not understand the correct meaning of* a person's body language.
    misinterpret
  •  20
  • Much as I like the first candidate, I do have some ______ about offering her the job.
    misgivings
    misspellings
    misunderstandings
    misinterpretations
  •  20
  • Choose a word with a similar meaning: He's quite *unassuming* and never seems to want any credit for the wonderful work he does.
    modest
    proud
    introverted
    arrogant
  •  15
  • Some advertising doesn't tell the whole truth-in fact, it quite often ______ people.
    mistakes
    misleads
    misreads
    mistells
  •  20
  • She's had a lot of ______ recently-she deserves better.
    misfortunation
    misfortune
    misguiding
    misluck
  •  20
  • Books in digital form often have ______ in them.
    misprints
    misspells
    misinformations
    misunderstandings
  •  15
  • It's a common ________ that Scottish people don't like to spend money-in fact, some of them are quite generous.
    misconception
    misthought
    mistakenness
    misbelief
  •  20
  • It drives me crazy when people _____ the word 'literally'.
    abuse
    misconfuse
    disuse
    misuse
  •  15
  • I _____ the email, and went to the interview 3 hours late.
    misread
    misgave
    misheard
    misguided
  •  10