Some people are very ______ of conventional medicine but are happy to try the strangest natural remedies.
mistrustful
mistrusted
mistrust
distrusting
Books in digital form often have ______ in them.
misspells
misunderstandings
misprints
misinformations
During the award ceremony, there was an awkward silence after the winner's name was _____.
mispronounced
dispronounced
misannounced
missaid
I _____ the email, and went to the interview 3 hours late.
misheard
misguided
misgave
misread
Choose a word that means the same: He was such a *nondescript* little man that no one could believe he was such an artistic genius.
ordinary
ugly
handsome
strange
The predictions were based on a serious ____ of the results in the survey.
misinterpreting
misinterpretatiousness
misinterpretating
misinterpretation
It drives me crazy when people _____ the word 'literally'.
misuse
abuse
disuse
misconfuse
Replace one or two words with a 'mis-' word: That boy is always behaving badly-he needs to be taught some manners.
misbehaving
Choose a word that means the same meaning: I *inadvertently* picked up someone else's suitcase at the airport.
deliberately
accidentally
sneakily
mistookenly
Some of Susan's decisions have been ______, to say the least.
misguided
misguiding
unguided
disguided
It's a common ________ that Scottish people don't like to spend money-in fact, some of them are quite generous.
misthought
misconception
mistakenness
misbelief
Some of the participant's names had been ____ in the conference programme.
miswrote
misspelt
misunderstood
misinterpreted
Much as I like the first candidate, I do have some ______ about offering her the job.
misspellings
misunderstandings
misinterpretations
misgivings
She's had a lot of ______ recently-she deserves better.
misfortunation
misluck
misguiding
misfortune
Choose a word with a similar meaning: He's quite *unassuming* and never seems to want any credit for the wonderful work he does.
introverted
modest
arrogant
proud
Choose the correct meaning: A group of *disgruntled* students are protesting outside the university library.
aggressive
impatient
annoyed
rude
I think there must have been some kind of ______. That's not what I meant.
mistakenness
misunderstanding
misunderstandable
misunderstood
The TV serial 'Susan: The Tea Drinking Detective' was _____ after receiving terrible reviews.
miscontinued
discontinued
noncontinued
uncontinued
Some of the promises interns are made before they start work are particularly ______
misleading
mislead
disleading
misled
Replace with a 'mis-' word: It's often possible to *not understand the correct meaning of* a person's body language.
misinterpret
Some advertising doesn't tell the whole truth-in fact, it quite often ______ people.
misreads
mistells
misleads
mistakes
Choose the correct meaning: 'Does Joe have a girlfriend?' she asked, trying to look as *nonchalant* as she could.
calm, not worried
passionate
anxious or stressed
confused or upset
Susan _______ how much food to give her cat, and now it weighs 400kg.
miscalculated
mismeasured
discounted
mistrusted