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