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