Direct Hits (SAT Vocabulary) Core 1

Question 1

Taking liberties; brashly overstepping one's place.

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Presumptuous

Question 2

An inference based upon guesswork.

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Conjecture

Question 3

Having mixed or opposing feelings at the same time.

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Ambivalent

Question 4

Extremely careful, very exacting.

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Fastidious

Question 5

Dishonest; unprincipled.

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Unscrupulous

Question 6

Unoriginal; commonplace; overused; hackneyed; banal.

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Trite

Question 7

Deviation from the norm or what is expected.

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Anomaly

Question 8

Agreeable; marked by a pleasing personality; warm and friendly.

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Affable

Question 9

To express disapproval; scold; rebuke; reproach.

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Castigate

Question 10

An original model; an initial design.

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Prototype

Question 11

No longer in use; outmoded in design or style.

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Obsolete

Question 12

Making an outcry, clamorous.

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Vociferous

Question 13

Grasping, greedy, eager to obtain something.

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Avaricious

Question 14

Secret; covert; clandestine.

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Surreptitious

Question 15

Hesitant due to a lack of self-confidence; unassertive.

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Self-effacing

Question 16

A scarcity or shortage of something.

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Dearth

Question 17

Mocking, derisive, taunting and stinging.

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Sardonic

Question 18

Stubbornly resistant and defiant; obstinate; obdurate; refractory.

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Recalcitrant

Question 19

Very depressed; despondent.

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Morose

Question 20

Before the Biblical flood; extremely old.

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Antediluvian

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