Advanced Vocabulary Exercise: Confusing Words Multiple Choice

1. Your diet has an ______ on your health.

    affect

    effect

2. Drinking too little water might ______ your kidneys.

    affect

    effect

3. The police are trying to ______ the tense situation and gain the release of the hostages.

    defuse

    diffuse

4. The air deodorizer will ______ throughout the room.

    defuse

    diffuse

5. Everybody won a prize ______ me.

    accept

    except

6. We will ______ applications until the end of the month.

    except

    accept

7. The cabinet comes with ______ instructions for assembly.

    implicit

    explicit

8. Ted has ______ confidence that this plan will work.

    implicit

    explicit

9. Did your brother ______ to his vacation plans when he talked with you?

    allude

    elude

10. The bank robbers managed to ______ the police for several days.

    allude

    elude