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