Vocabulary for Achievement: First Course*

by Richek, Margaret Ann

• ISBN13: 9780669517552
• ISBN10: 0669517550
• Edition: 4th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2006-01-01
• Publisher: HOUGHTON MIFFLIN

Table of Contents

Words About Dictionaries	1	(6)
Teaching	7	(6)
Etiquette and Behavior	13	(8)
Skill Feature: Using the Dictionary Finding the Appropriate Definition	19	(2)
Enthusiasm and Indifference	21	(6)
Help and Improvement	27	(6)
Thought and Belief	33	(8)
Skill Feature: Using the Dictionary Using Parts of Speech Labels	39	(2)
Agreement and Support	41	(6)
Happiness and Unhappiness	47	(6)
Hopes and Wishes	53	(8)
Skill Feature: Using the Dictionary Run-on Entries and Inflected Word Forms	59	(2)
The Arts	61	(6)
Plants and Animals	67	(6)
Literature	73	(8)
Skill Feature: Reading and Reasoning Context Clues	79	(2)
Communication	81	(6)
Usefulness	87	(6)
Cooperation	93	(8)
Skill Feature: Taking Tests Sentence-Completion Tests	99	(2)
Appearances	101	(6)
Movement and Change	107	(6)
Help and Harm	113	(8)
Skill Feature: Taking Tests Synonym and Antonym Tests	119	(2)
Strength and Defense	121	(6)
Removal and Disposal	127	(6)
Decay and Destruction	133	(8)
Skill Feature: Prefixes, Roots, and Suffixes Word Elements	139	(2)
The Suffixes -philia and -phobia	141	(6)
The Suffixes -graph and -gram	147	(6)
The Roots -flect- and -flu-	153	(8)
Skill Feature: Prefixes, Roots, and Suffixes The Prefixes in-, im-, ir-, and il-	159	(2)
The Roots -bio- and -viv-	161	(6)
The Root -mov-	167	(6)
The Roots -chrono- and -tempor-	173	(8)
Skill Feature: Prefixes, Roots, and Suffixes The Prefixes ex- and en-	179	(2)
Forms and Boundaries	181	(6)
Objects and Instruments	187	(6)
Business	193
Skill Feature: Prefixes, Roots, and Suffixes The Prefix trans-	199	(2)
Flash Cards	201