Direct Hits Advanced Vocabulary: Vocabulary for

Wordsareourtoolsforlearningandcommunicating.Aproficientandrobustvocabularyiscriticaltosuccessinschool，business，theprofessions，ANDstandardizedtestssuchasthePSAT，ACT，SAT，andGMAT.Buteventhemostdedicatedstudentsdreadmemorizinglonglistsofseeminglyrandomwords.LikeitscompanionbooksDirectHitsEssentialVocabularyandDirectHitsCoreVocabulary，DirectHitsAdvancedVocabularyoffersanapproachthatplacesthewordsinacontextstudentscaneasilyunderstandandremember.DirectHitsAdvancedVocabularyfocusesonthesophisticatedvocabularyexpectedofAdvancedPlacementhighschoolstudentsandcollegestudents.Thebooksincludethefollowingfeatures：Morethan200ofthemostchallengingwordsfoundonstandardizedtests，notaphonebook-sizelistofwordsthatarerarely，ifever，usedinessaysorontestsRelevant，vivid，andmemorableexamplesfrompopularmovies，television，literature，music，historicalevents，andrecentheadlinesAFastReviewwithquickdefinitionsAFinalReviewwithcriticalreadingandsentencecompletionquestionssimilartothosefoundonstandardizedtestsThebookisorganizedasfollows：ChaptersOneandTwopresentliterarytermsandkeywordsfromscienceandthesocialsciencesChapterThreeexamineswordswithmultiplemeaningsanduses，whichhaveappearedwithgreaterregularityonrecenttestsChaptersFourandFivecontain131verychallengingwordsfoundontheACT，SAT，andGMATThebookconcludeswithfivecriticalreadingand30sentencecompletionquestions(andanswers)totestmasteryofthewordspresented.Formattedasa6"by9"paperbackbookinsteadofresemblingaphonebook，teensarecomfortablecarryingtheDirectHitsToughestVocabularybookwiththemtostudyanotherwordortwowhentimepermits.Buildingonthesuccessofpreviouseditions，theauthorsofDirectHitsAdvancedVocabularyconsultedsecondaryschoolteachers，tutors，parents，andstudentsfromaroundtheworldtoensurethatthesewordsandillustrationsarerightontargetforstudents.TogetherwiththeDirectHitsEssentialVocabularyandDirectHitsCoreVocabularybooks，studentswillbepreparedforsuccessinhighschool，college，andbeyondinamannerthatiseffective，worthwhile，andevenfun!