Illuminate your spelling by playing this KS3 quiz on words beginning at il.
"I believe that life is chaotic, a jumble of accidents, ambitions, misconceptions, bold intentions, lazy happenstances and unintended consequences. Yet I also believe that there are connections that illuminate our world, revealing its endless mystery and wonder." - David Maraniss.
What a wonderful selection of nouns in Maraniss's quotation! Often the advice given out to students to help them improve their written work insists that it is the addition of exciting adjectives that will make a piece of writing more vivid. It is true that the insertion of an adjective or two will help the reader to imagine the scene, if you are producing a piece of description. But, as you'll know, a well-chosen verb can also bring your work to life. The lesson is that choosing words with care and precision will improve all writing. Look again at the quotation above: what is the difference between "accidents", "happenstances" and "consequences"? Try to add some new words to your vocabulary every week and see what happens!
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Click the correct answer for the following definition.
Anything that seems to be something that it is not |
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ilusiun |
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ilusion |
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ilusien |
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illusion |
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Used in literature to refer to descriptive language that evokes sensory experience |
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imagerry |
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imajary |
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immagery |
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imagery |
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Existing only in the imagination |
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imajinary |
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imaginerry |
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imaginary |
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imaginery |
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A person who comes into and permanently settles in one country after moving from another |
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immigrant |
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immergrant |
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imigrant |
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immigrunt |
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Deliberately violating accepted principles of right and wrong |
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imoral |
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immorell |
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immorel |
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immoral |
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The quality of not being in accord with standards of right or good conduct |
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immorality |
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immorellity |
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imorality |
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immorelity |
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The use of a thick-bodied paint to create sizable peaks and crests in an image |
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imparsto |
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impassto |
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impastow |
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impasto |
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Relating to or associated with an empire |
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imperial |
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imperiele |
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imperiul |
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imperiel |
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The policy of forcefully extending a nation's authority by territorial gain |
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imperiulisum |
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imperielisam |
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imperielism |
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imperialism |
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To make something up or invent it as one goes on |
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improuvise |
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improvise |
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impravise |
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imprevise |
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Click the correct answer for the following definition.
Anything that seems to be something that it is not |
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ilusiun |
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ilusion |
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ilusien |
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illusion |
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Click the correct answer for the following definition.
Used in literature to refer to descriptive language that evokes sensory experience |
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imagerry |
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imajary |
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immagery |
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imagery |
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Click the correct answer for the following definition.
Existing only in the imagination |
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imajinary |
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imaginerry |
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imaginary |
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imaginery |
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Click the correct answer for the following definition.
A person who comes into and permanently settles in one country after moving from another |
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immigrant |
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immergrant |
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imigrant |
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immigrunt |
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Click the correct answer for the following definition.
Deliberately violating accepted principles of right and wrong |
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imoral |
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immorell |
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immorel |
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immoral |
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Click the correct answer for the following definition.
The quality of not being in accord with standards of right or good conduct |
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immorality |
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immorellity |
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imorality |
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immorelity |
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Click the correct answer for the following definition.
The use of a thick-bodied paint to create sizable peaks and crests in an image |
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imparsto |
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impassto |
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impastow |
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impasto |
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Click the correct answer for the following definition.
Relating to or associated with an empire |
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imperial |
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imperiele |
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imperiul |
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imperiel |
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Click the correct answer for the following definition.
The policy of forcefully extending a nation's authority by territorial gain |
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imperiulisum |
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imperielisam |
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imperielism |
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imperialism |
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Click the correct answer for the following definition.
To make something up or invent it as one goes on |
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improuvise |
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improvise |
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impravise |
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imprevise |
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