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Ingenious / Ingenuous - Exercise 2

Direction: Choose the correct word in each sentence below. When you have finished, click on the "Check My Work" button to view the answers.

1. Johnny's kindergarten teacher devised an (   ) plan for keeping the class quiet.

2. If everyone was as (   )as my little sister, a lot of people would get their feelings hurt.

3. The NASA team celebrated their (   ) method for communicating in outer space.

4. My husband's (   ) explanation for coming home late further cemented my trust in him.

5. The (   ) doctor took a small piece of bone from the hip to repair the fractured skull.

6. Politicians often lack (   ) speeches.

7. As a former boy scout, his knowledge of the woods and water proved to be (   ).

8. The newcomer to the town was (   ) to the gossip that occurred between neighbors.

9. If you have a more (   ) idea than what has already been presented at the conference, please voice it now.

10. I'm not sure how (   ) the witness's story was, but it surely was moving.

             

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