Hot SAT Words

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Hot SAT Words

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LESSON 22

• EASY DOES IT!

Words Relating to Being CAREFUL
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CHARY

• Adj.
• cautious wary

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CHARY

• Be CHARY about what you say about others. You
  dont know who may be listening.
• CHARY of burglars, we set our security alarm
  whenever we go out.

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CIRCUMSPECT

• Adj. careful and cautious before acting

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CIRCUMSPECT

• Myra is too personally involved in the case to be
  CIRCUMSPECT about it.
• Be CIRCUMSPECT when choosing a college. Dont get
  carried away by your emotions.

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CONSCIENTIOUS

• Adj. relating to doing what one knows is right
  scrupulous

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CONSCIENTIOUS

• Marta was promoted twice for her CONSCIENTIOUS
  performance on the job.
• Tino pumps iron CONSCIENTIOUSLY, at least three
  times a day for half an hour.

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CONSCIENTIOUS
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EXACTING

• Adj. requiring a great deal of care or effort
  painstaking

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EXACTING

• The lacrosse coachs standards were so EXACTING
  that it was hard to achieve them.
• Building a stereo from a kit is EXACTING work.
  If you are careless, it wont work.

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GINGERLY

• Adj. very carefully

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GINGERLY

• Because Sue GINGERLY placed the sleeping baby in
  his crib, the infant didnt wake up.
• Build a house of cards GINGERLY. One false move
  and it falls.

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GINGERLY
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GINGERLY
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HEEDFUL

• Adj. Paying careful attention to

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HEEDFUL

• Be HEEDFUL of your counselors advice.
• If the novice skier had HEEDED the signs, he
  wouldnt have found himself on the expert slope.

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METICULOUS

• Adj. very careful fussy, finicky

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METICULOUS

• A METICULOUS carpenter, Emil makes perfect joints
  and dovetails.
• Her makeup is METICULOUSLY applied.

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SCRUPULOUS

• Adj. showing great care and honesty, based on
  personal belief of what is right and proper

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SCRUPULOUS

• Follow the rules of the contest SCRUPULOUSLY, or
  you may be disqualified.
• Jade is SCRUPULOUS about doing her own work. She
  wont even let a classmate proofread her papers.

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UNSCRUPULOUS
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VIGILANT

• Adj. carefully alert and watchful

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VIGILANT

• When switching lanes, look out for other cars.
  VIGILANCE is the price of safety.
• Mrs. Trueport VIGILANTLY watched the tots playing
  in her backyard.

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WARY

• Adj. cautious,
• careful

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WARY

• If the ships captain had been more WARY of
  storms, he never would have put to sea that day.

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WARY

• Be WARY of offers that sound too good to be true
  they may contain hidden traps.

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Be WARY of signs like this!
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And these!