Read the following words. Look them up in a dictionary if necessary. One of these words does not exist. Can you guess which one it is without looking the words up?
pernicious, precocious, preposterous, prenumptious, precarious, presumptuous, pretentious
Ex. 1 Match the words provided above with their definitions or synonyms.
1. .......... - harmful, affecting something negatively
2. .......... - not clever, absurd
3. .......... - unsafe, not fixed (of an object)
4. .......... - rude, disrespectful
5. .......... - (of a child) smart or behaving like someone older
6. .......... - attempting to appear to be more important or knowledgeable
Ex. 2 Fill in the gaps with one of the words provided above.
1. Kate was a .......... toddler who could read and write before she was three.
2. You really think that the moon is made of cheese? What a ........... idea!
3. The gallery was visited by a .......... critic who wanted to be called 'Maestro'.
4. The bad weather has had a .......... effect on the crops and the tourism industry.
5. The man was in a .......... position and we thought he'd fall any second.
6. When my friend asked me if she was fat, I told her a little white lie. It would have been .......... of me to tell her what I really thought.
KEY
The word prenumptious does not exist.
Ex. 1 1. pernicious, 2. preposterous, 3. precarious, 4. presumptuous, 5. precocious, 6. pretentious
Ex. 2 1. precocious, 2. preposterous, 3. pretentious, 4. pernicious, 5. precarious, 6. presumptuous
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