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