Vocabulary Tools: Fast and Easy Techniques to Grow Vocabulary for School, Work, or the SAT, TOEFL, TOEIC, GRE, Etc., Second Edition
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.17 (727 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0976079402 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 64 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-11-17 |
| Language | : | English |
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After studying from this book, native speakers and non native English speakers can often figure out unfamiliar words without a dictionary, even in fields where they have little or no background. Use the Latin and Greek meanings of the pieces you've learned -- phil (love) gyn (women) ous (suffix - full of). These are the most powerful techniques you can use to build your vocabulary. Instead, you learn tools that you can apply to any word. Learn specially chosen Latin and Greek root words and double, triple, or quadruple your vocabulary. Gain an advantage on tests such as the PSAT, SAT, TOEFL, TOEIC, etc. Use the sentence context to test the meanings of the pi
A powerful vocabulary-builder! Without using a dictionary, do you recall the meaning of "plutocracy", "thermophone" and "heliotrope"? Sure, their semantics may be easy for some native English speakers to deduce, but the exact meaning of their references to people, the senses and astronomy may elude others. And how would you apply these prefixes, roots and suffixes in a completely DIFFERENT context?I've found that "Vocabulary Tools" impressively delivers on its subtitle: "Books for busy people who want fast results". As a
I can figure out new words, even in subjects I've never studied.Well organized. It works!Fun. Easy to use.increased my interest in learning new words . --back book cover
Universities such as Oxford, Stanford, UCLA, USC, the University of California, Berkeley, New York University and the University of Texas carry her books. Vocabulary Tools is a necessary step for test takers and others who need to increase their vocabularies quickly and want some of the competitive edge that attending the highest level schools can give. Her Pearson Education listening book, Whaddaya Say, Second Edition, has gone through app