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