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