Easily Confused Words: Indignant, Indigent, Indigenous
indignant ≠indigent ≠indigenous
Indignant means offended; feeling or expressing displeasure at something unjust or insulting.
Indigent means poor.
Indigenous means native, inherent, originating in and characteristic of a particular place.
Fill in each blank with one indignant, indigent, or indigenous, then click “more”:
The Native American leader said, “We are ________ that, due to persistent treaty violations and other acts of governmental abuse and neglect, so many of this nation’s ___________ people are tragically _________.”
The apparently ___________ man on the subway was ___________ that we didn’t donate money after his off-key rendition of “My Girl.”
I am in Borneo to study the ___________ flora and fauna.
While the so-called “wolf girl” had been seriously neglected in her childhood, she apparently possessed an ___________ intelligence and was later able to learn to communicate and solve complex problems.
Answers:
- indignant, indigenous, indigent
- indigent, indignant
- indigenous
- indigenous