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