Question

Read the sentence. The magician’s concluding trick of the evening was an illusion involving a big container, a woman, and a reciprocating saw. Which word means “act of deceiving”? reciprocating concluding illusion container

Answer 1

Answer: C) illusion.

Explanation: the denotation of a word is its literal meaning, the definition that we can find in a dictionary, a word can have several denotations (or definitions). From the given options, the one that means (has the denotation of) "Act of deceiving" is the corresponding to option C: illusion, that also can be defined as something false (it can be an idea, impression, belief or appearance).

Answer 2

Illusion is the correct answer. ♡