SSC CGL 2025 Tier-I · 12 September 2025, Shift 2 · English Comprehension · Question 4 of 100

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Identify the misspelt word

(a)Supersede
(b)Perseverance
(c)Priviledge
(d)Assassinate

Answer

Why

Correct — C. The correct spelling is privilege: p-r-i-v-i-l-e-g-e, ending -lege with no d.

The d belongs to words that end in -ledge, such as knowledge and ledge. Privilege is not one of them: it comes from Latin privilegium, built on lex, legis, 'law'.

So Priviledge is the misspelt word → option (c).

Why the others are wrong

(a)
Supersede — Supersede is spelt correctly. It ends -sede because it comes from Latin sedere, 'to sit', not from cedere, the root of precede and concede.
(b)
Perseverance — Perseverance is spelt correctly: persevere + -ance. Check it for the slips perseverence (-ence) and perserverance (an extra r). This option has neither.
(d)
Assassinate — Assassinate is spelt correctly, with two pairs of double s: a-ss-a-ss-inate. A single s in either place would be the error, and there is none.

Concept

A misspelt-word item gives three correct spellings and one wrong one. Test each option against a fixed point: a root, a suffix, a doubled letter.

Here the fixed points are -lege in privilege (Latin lex, law), -sede in supersede (Latin sedere, to sit), -ance in perseverance, and the two ss pairs in assassinate.

Priviledge is the option that breaks its fixed point.

Supersede and Perseverance both have tempting wrong forms, supercede and perseverence. Here both are printed correctly, so part of the test is trusting a correct spelling that looks unusual.

Key facts

Privilege is spelt p-r-i-v-i-l-e-g-e, with no d.
It comes from Latin privilegium, built on lex, legis, 'law'.
Supersede ends -sede, from Latin sedere, 'to sit'.
Assassinate has two pairs of double s.

Study next

-lege words such as privilege, college and sacrilege, against -ledge words such as knowledge, ledge and pledgeThe -sede, -cede and -ceed endings: supersede, precede, proceed

Common traps

Writing privilege with a d, as in knowledge
Marking Supersede as the misspelt word because the -cede ending of precede looks more familiar

Priviledge is itself a wrong option at 10 Sep 2024, 12:30, English Q.4, which asks for the correctly spelt word and keys Privilege.

Supersede is keyed at 26 Sep 2024, 16:00, English Q.17 as the correct spelling of the word meaning 'to replace'.

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