Confusable Words, Q-Z

The general sent tanks to QUELL, QUENCH the protest.
1. QUELL
2. QUENCH
Tanker planes dropped loads of water in an attempt to QUELL, QUENCH the wildfire.
1. QUELL
2. QUENCH
I had to RACK, WRACK my brain to remember where I had left the keys.
1. RACK
2. WRACK
In his most oratorical tones, he declaimed, "We are all going to RACK, WRACK and ruin!"
1. RACK
2. WRACK
John Rosemond writes an advice column on how to RAISE, REAR, RAZE children.
1. RAISE
2. REAR
3. RAZE
As a child, she used to RAISE, REAR, RAZE chickens.
1. RAISE
2. REAR
3. RAZE
The demolition crew arrived to RAISE, REAR, RAZE the condemned building.
1. RAISE
2. REAR
3. RAZE
Hurricanes periodically RAVAGE, RAVISH the crowded islands.
1. RAVAGE
2. RAVISH
After sacking Troy, the Greek soldiers RAVAGED, RAVISHED the Trojan women.
1. RAVAGED
2. RAVISHED
He was RELUCTANT, RETICENT to take advantage of his opponent's weakness.
1. RELUCTANT
2. RETICENT
Though talkative among friends, he was RELUCTANT, RETICENT in public.
1. RELUCTANT
2. RETICENT
At the outdoor fair, the unexpected sounds, exotic foods, and profusion of flowers provided a SENSUOUS, SENSUAL experience.
1. SENSUOUS
2. SENSUAL
Some ascetics argue that the only alternative to a strict life of self-denial is a life of surrendering to SENSUOUS, SENSUAL excesses.
1. SENSUOUS
2. SENSUAL
Every student reporter should write about the city SEWAGE, SEWERAGE system.
1. SEWERAGE
2. SEWAGE
The pipe burst and released raw SEWAGE, SEWERAGE into a nearby pond.
1. SEWAGE
2. SEWERAGE
SINCE, BECAUSE it was raining, we postponed our walk.
1. SINCE
2. BECAUSE
SINCE, BECAUSE I was last here, it has rained three times.
1. SINCE
2. BECAUSE
The old motel had one slightly larger room that it called the Royal SUIT, SUITE.
1. SUIT
2. SUITE
An experienced traveler, he packed only one SUIT, SUITE for the trip.
1. SUIT
2. SUITE
The TEMPERATURE, WEATHER dropped 20 degrees.
1. TEMPERATURE
2. WEATHER
The TEMPERATURE, WEATHER grew unseasonably warm.
1. TEMPERATURE
2. WEATHER
The car ____________ was running yesterday, will not start today.
(In considering this sentence, imagine that we have only one car, and it won't start.)
1. THAT
2. , WHICH [comma before]
The car THAT, WHICH was running yesterday will not start today.
(In considering this sentence, imagine that we have ten cars. Only one of them ran yesterday. Today it does not start.)
1. THAT
2. WHICH
THEIR, THERE, THEY'RE about to start the contest.
1. THEIR
2. THERE
3. THEY'RE
I miss Paris. I wish I could be THEIR, THERE, THEY'RE now.
1. THEIR
2. THERE
3. THEY'RE
Some people forget THEIR, THERE, THEY'RE manners.
1. THEIR
2. THERE
3. THEY'RE