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