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