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