Glossary of Diction

Question 1

adverse or averse:

opposition from an object or group and can mean opposed, unfavorable

Answer 1

adverse

Question 2

adverse or averse:

individual’s attitude or feeling of opposition and means “unwilling, opposed to”

Answer 2

averse

Question 3

affect or effect:

means to influence

Answer 3

affect

Question 4

affect or effect:

means to accomplish or to produce

Answer 4

effect

Question 5

aggravate or irritate:

means to make worse

Answer 5

aggravate

Question 6

allude or refer:

means to suggest or to mention

Answer 6

allude

Question 7

allude or refer:

means something specifically indicated

Answer 7

refer

Question 8

allusion or illusion:

an indirect reference to

Answer 8

allusion

Question 9

allusion or illusion:

a belief or image that is false or imaginary

Answer 9

illusion

Question 10

amount or number:

used with a mass of something which cannot be counted

Answer 10

amount

Question 11

amount or number:

used with countable items

Answer 11

number

Question 12

anxious or eager:

to be uneasy or filled with concern, to anticipate with dread

Answer 12

anxious

Question 13

anxious or eager:

to look forward with keen desire

Answer 13

eager

Question 14

compromise or compose:

to contain or include

Answer 14

compromise

Question 15

compromise or compose:

to make up, form the substance of

Answer 15

compose

Question 16

continual or continuous:

happening again and again at certain intervals

Answer 16

continual

Question 17

continual or continuous:

constant, unbroken

Answer 17

continuous

Question 18

uninterested or disinterested:

neutral or impartial

Answer 18

disinterested

Question 19

uninterested or disinterested:

no interested

Answer 19

uninterested

Question 20

elicit or illicit:

illegal, unlawful

Answer 20

illicit

Question 21

elicit or illicit:

to draw forth, to bring out

Answer 21

elicit

Question 22

elude or allude:

to escape from, avoid

Answer 22

elude

Question 23

elude or allude:

to mention indirectly

Answer 23

allude

Question 24

emigrate or immigrate:

to move into a country

Answer 24

immigrate

Question 25

emigrate or immigrate:

to go out from a country

Answer 25

emigrate

Question 26

eminent or imminent:

about to happen, ready to take place

Answer 26

imminent

Question 27

eminent or imminent:

conspicuous, prominent, famous

Answer 27

eminent

Question 28

flout or flaunt:

to show off proudly, make a great display of

Answer 28

flaunt

Question 29

flout or flaunt:

to scorn, reject

Answer 29

flout

Question 30

formally or formerly:

done in a formal manner

Answer 30

formally

Question 31

formally or formerly:
at a time in the past

Answer 31

formerly

Question 32

hanged or hung:

refers to execution

Answer 32

hanged

Question 33

hanged or hung:

refers to all other instances besides execution

Answer 33

hung

Question 34

imply or infer:

to draw a conclusion from evidence

Answer 34

infer

Question 35

imply or infer:

to suggest

Answer 35

imply

Question 36

in or into:

used for location within

Answer 36

in

Question 37

in or into:

used for motion from outside to inside

Answer 37

into

Question 38

let or leave:

to allow

Answer 38

let

Question 39

let or leave:

to go away from or to cause to remain

Answer 39

leave

Question 40

nauseated or nauseous:

feeling nausea

Answer 40

nauseated

Question 41

nauseated or nauseous:

causing nausea

Answer 41

nauseous

Question 42

pore or pour:

to cause to flow

Answer 42

pour

Question 43

pore or pour:

to concentrate on, to study intently

Answer 43

pore

Question 44

sensual or sensuous:

pertaining to physical desire

Answer 44

sensual

Question 45

sensual or sensuous:

pertaining to or perceived by the senses

Answer 45

sensuous

Question 46

tortuous or torturous:

pertaining to pain

Answer 46

torturous

Question 47

tortuous or torturous:

crooked or twisted

Answer 47

tortuous

Question 48

means to come to light, become known literally

means happen occur, come to pass colloquially

Answer 48

transpire

Question 49

wait on or wait for:

serve, attend to

Answer 49

wait on

Question 50

wait on or wait for:

informal

Answer 50

waiting for

Question 51

expect or suspect (suppose):

“to look forward to”

Answer 51

expect