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SAT Common Diction Errors
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Subjects
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sat
,
english
Instructions:
Answer 30 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. An indirect reference
complement
elude
induct
allusion
2. Advisable; recommendable; worthwhile
principle
ascribe
desirable
domestic
3. Tame; trained
domesticated
consciousness
uninterested
allude
4. To refer to indirectly
allude
allusion
implicate
compliment
5. To conclude through reasoning
imply
deduce
induct
complement
6. Your source of mental judgement
conscience
deduce
imply
consciousness
7. Fundamental basis for conduct
induct
illusion
effect
principle
8. To act on or cause a change
affect
prospective
ascribe
complement
9. Having or expressing desire for something
perspective
illusion
principal
desirous
10. Not biased by personal interest
effect
disinterested
induct
deduce
11. Having to do with the home or homeland
indict
uninterested
conscience
domestic
12. To attribute to a certain
ascribe
principal
desirous
uninterested
13. Not caring; indifferent
perspective
uninterested
domestic
complement
14. To introduce; to install in a new office
induct
elude
ascribe
conscience
15. To bring about or cause
precede
induce
domesticated
effect
16. Head of a school
allude
conscience
principal
desirable
17. A mental outlook or view
implicate
perspective
proceed
affect
18. To charge with a crime; accuse
perspective
describe
indict
induct
19. Something that completes
induct
uninterested
effect
complement
20. To convey an impression of
describe
desirable
perspective
indict
21. To indicate indirectly
imply
consciousness
conscience
principle
22. To carry on and move forward
allusion
domestic
complement
proceed
23. To escape or avoid
domestic
uninterested
elude
allude
24. An erroneous perception
principle
perspective
ascribe
illusion
25. To connect incriminatingly
domesticated
conscience
implicate
induct
26. Something likely to happen
principal
affect
prospective
domesticated
27. The state of being conscious
uninterested
consciousness
precede
indict
28. To come before
precede
indict
domesticated
allusion
29. Something that is caused - a consequence
effect
disinterested
induct
desirable
30. An expression of praise
uninterested
conscience
prospective
compliment