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