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