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