Choose the correct word from the pairs in parentheses. Provide the meaning of the other word in each pair.

Here are the correct words and the meanings of the other words:

• a) Unless you write your name on all your books, you are likely to (lose / loose) them.

  • Meaning of loose: not firmly or tightly fixed in place; free from restraint.

• b) His witty speech, delivered to a full house, showed that he was a (confident / confidant) speaker.

  • Meaning of confidant: a person with whom one shares a secret or private matter, trusting them not to repeat it to others.

• c) Please let me know when the (stationery / stationary) arrives so that I can get a new blue pen.

  • Meaning of stationary: not moving or not intended to be moved.

• d) The decision to put down the horse with the broken leg was a difficult, but (human / humane) one.

  • Meaning of human: relating to or characteristic of humankind.

• e) The zoo-keeper acted in an (officious / official) way when he kept on ordering people away from the animal cages.

  • Meaning of official: relating to an authority or public body and its duties, actions, and responsibilities.

• f) In order to keep up the prisoners' (morale / morals) the guards allowed the men visits from their families.

  • Meaning of morals: a person's standards of behavior or beliefs concerning what is and is not acceptable for them to do.

• g) The girl looked very (effeminate / feminine) in her soft pastel dress.

  • Meaning of effeminate: (of a man) having characteristics regarded as typical of a woman; unmanly.

• h) Anyone who parks on the grass is (liable / libel) to be fined.

  • Meaning of libel: a published false statement that is damaging to a person's reputation; a written defamation.