❗️INSTRUCTIONS: Assemble the word.

4️⃣ NOUN: belief in only one god —

MONO — THEISM
❌
AUTO — FICATION

✅ Answer: n monotheism .
MONO (one or only) + THEISM (strike) = MONOTHEISM — belief in only one god.

5️⃣ NOUN: mental disorder of focusing one one idea —

MONO — MONY
❌
THERMO — MANIA

✅ Answer: n monomania .
MONO (one or only) + MANIA (relating to) = MONOMANIA — mental disorder of focusing on one idea.

6️⃣ ADJECTIVE: complete or absolute —

SOMN — ALLY
❌
PLEN — ARY

✅ Answer: adj plenary .
PLEN (full) + ARY (relating to) = PLENARY — complete or absolute.

7️⃣ ADJECTIVE: knowing in advance —

SUB — ARM — IST
❌ ❌
PRE — SCI — ENT

✅ Answer: adj prescient .
PRE (before) + SCI (know or understand) + ENT (state or condition of) = PRESCIENT — knowing in advance.

8️⃣ VERB: to conceal under a false appearance —

DIS — SIMUL — ATE
❌ ❌
E — SPIR — ATION

✅ Answer: v dissimulate .
DIS (not or to exclude) + SIMUL (like) + ATE (cause to become) = DISSIMULATE — to conceal under a false appearance.

9️⃣ NOUN: state of consistency —

REG — AN — ITY
❌ ❌
URB — ULAR — IZE

✅ Answer: n regularity .
REG (rule) + ULAR (relating to) + ITY (state or defree of) = REGULARITY — state of consistency.

🔟 ADJECTIVE: looking forward or to the future —

HYPO — SPECT — ORY
❌ ❌
PRO — CAV — IVE

✅ Answer: adj prospective .
PRO (front) + SPECT (look or view) + IVE (doing an action) = PROSPECTIVE — looking forward or to the future.

💠 Brevity (writing) 💠

Benefits➕:
💬 Learn to express yourself clearly and concisely ;
💠 Avoid redundancies in your writing ;
👁 Keep your reader's attention by writing more directly .

❗️INSTRUCTIONS: Read the sentence and remove (an) unnecessary word(-s) to make the sentence more concise. All or part of the selection can be removed without changing the sentence's meaning.

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❗️INSTRUCTIONS: remove unnecessary word or set of words.

1️⃣ I scheduled the meeting with a view to discuss streamlining office processes.

✅ Answer: 🔰 The unnecessary word(-s) here is(are) < ...with a view... > .
TIP: With a view to means "with the intent". Scheduled the meeting to discuss states the intent, so with a view is unnecessary.

✔️ I scheduled the meeting with a view to discuss streamlining office processes.

2️⃣ Shared interests often unite together people of different backgrounds.

✅ Answer: 🔰 The unnecessary word(-s) here is(are) < ... together ... >.
TIP: Unite means "combine as one group", and together means "with each other".

✔️ Shared interests often unite together people of different backgrounds.

3️⃣ The news follows after his favourite programme.

✅ Answer: 🔰 The unnecessary word(-s) here is (are) < ... after ... > .
TIP: Follows means "come after", so the word after is unnecessary.

✔️ The news follows after his favourite programme.

4️⃣ The traveller's guide spelled out in detail how to use the city's subway.

✅ Answer: 🔰 The unnecessary word here is < ... in detail ... > .
TIP: Spelled out means "explained with details", so in detail is unnecessary.

✅ The traveller's guide spelled out in detail how to use the city's subway.

5️⃣ Corruption cancels out any good a politician does.

✅ Answer: 🔰 The unnecessary word(-s) here is (are) < ... out ... > .
TIP: Both cancels and cancels out mean "offset", so the word out is unnecessary.

✔️ Corruption cancels out any good a politician does.

6️⃣ People who suffer from obsessive-compulsive disorder develop persistent obsessions.

✅ Answer: 🔰 The unnecessary word(-s) here is (are) < ... persistent ... > .
TIP: An obsession is a persistent preoccupation, so describing it as persistent is unnecessary.

✔️ People who suffer from obsessive-compulsive disorder develop persistent obsessions.

7️⃣ Are you going to a restaurant or to her house?

✅ Answer: 🔰 The unnecessary word(-s) here is (are) second < ... to ... > .
TIP: The act of going to a place applies to both a restaurant and her house, so it is unnecessary to repeat the word to.

✔️ Are you going to a restaurant or to her house?

8️⃣ The cacophony of sound in the crowded auditorium made it difficult to hear the speaker.

✅ Answer: 🔰 The unnecessary word(-s) here is (are) < ... of sound ... > .
TIP: A cacophony is "a harsh sound", so including of sound is unnecessary.

✔️ The cacophony of sound in the crowded auditorium made it difficult to hear the speaker.

9️⃣ The meteorologist said it might possibly rain tomorrow.

✅ Answer: 🔰 The unnecessary word(-s) here is (are) < ... possibly ... > .
TIP: Might means "the possibility that something will happen", so the adverb possibly is unnecessary.

✔️ The meteorologist said it might possibly rain tomorrow.