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