Can you name the US/UK Spelling Differences?

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  • This quiz deals with differences in spelling (or/our, er/re, ce/se, ise/ize, additional letters, etc) w/ American & British English. Some variations are known in both but the differences are customary
  • Source: Georgia State University
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Productive activity; Giving birth
Bring to a condition of helpless stoppage, inactivity, or inability to act
Building for stage entertainment or motion-picture shows
Resistance against attack; What the NFL Purple People Eaters were
Ornaments for personal adornment, 'ice' if you will
Integrity in one's beliefs; Confer distinction upon
Medicine dealing with the skeletal system
Metric unit of volume
Taste; Proper way of spelling the name of a guy on VH1 looking for 'love'
Process of getting older; Length of time that a being or thing has existed
Systematize; form as or into a whole consisting of interdependent parts
Diameter of something of circular section, i.e. artillery shell
Hue; Quality of an object or substance with respect to light reflected by it
DefinitionWord
Transgression; In sports, attempting to score
A position in basketball, hockey and football
Object found at an archaeological excavation.
Person who lives near another; What Mr. Rogers was to all of us
Book or set of books containing articles on various topics covering all branches of knowledge
Gossip
What you need to drive; Permission
Grasp or understand clearly; Bring vividly to mind
List or record, as of items for sale or courses at a university, systematically arranged and often including descriptive material
Person who regularly takes trips
Pleasing; Engaging
Covering worn as defense against weapons; Not to be confused with a dresser or love
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US/UK Spelling Differences Quiz

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  • Created Jan 28, 2010 in Language
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