Misused words 2

Click on the word in the parentheses that is used correctly.

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Subtly, Jason (inferred / implied) that those of us who did not support his proposal might soon be looking for other jobs.

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Those who believe that books written for children are all sweetness and light are suffering from an (allusion / illusion).

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In general, the Internet has had a positive (affect / effect) on our society.

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It is sometimes difficult to hear in church because the (acoustics / agnostics) are so terrible.

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The (significance / significant) of my decision became clear in July 1996.

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The bright, airy rooms at the hotel had obviously been designed by someone with a keen (aesthetic / ascetic) sense.

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The boy was (conscience / conscious) when the ambulance arrived because the lifeguard had revived him.

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Tyrone had a (presumptuous / presumptive) attitude.

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We had all heard rumors about the new supervisor, but none of them were (credible / credulous).

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The (epigraph / epitaph) on William Butler Yeats’s tombstone reads, “Cast a cold Eye / On Life, on Death. / Horseman, pass by!”

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