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