The archaeologist's deception about the artifact's origin misled scholars for over a decade.
考古学家关于文物来源的欺骗行为误导了学者们十多年。
Which choice best defines “deception”?
B — The act of making someone believe something that is not true. “deception” means the act of making someone believe something that is not true.
Which word means “the act of making someone believe something that is not true”?
D — deception. “deception” means the act of making someone believe something that is not true.
deception — the act of making someone believe something that is not true. In Chinese: 欺骗.
deception is pronounced /dɪˈsɛpʃən/.
The archaeologist's deception about the artifact's origin misled scholars for over a decade. (考古学家关于文物来源的欺骗行为误导了学者们十多年。)
trickery, misrepresentation, subterfuge — all close in meaning to deception (the act of making someone believe something that is not true).
truthfulness, revelation — each the opposite of deception (the act of making someone believe something that is not true).
Yes. deception is on the SAT Prep Basic list — the everyday academic words the SAT assumes you already have. The Digital SAT does not test vocabulary in isolation; words like this one are tested through Words in Context questions, where you choose the word that completes a passage most logically and precisely.