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