Building an Active College Vocabulary

by Licklider, Patricia

• ISBN13: 9780321083272
• ISBN10: 032108327X
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2019-11-21
• Publisher: Pearson

Summary

Building an Active College Vocabulary helps students develop their reading and writing vocabularies by showing new words in memorable contexts. Exercises expose readers to new words in different, memorable contexts, increasing the likelihood of recall. Reading selections from college-level books allow readers to practice vocabulary-building skills on suitably challenging materials. Brief chapters that include previews, review exercises, and answers to exercises allow readers to work through the book on their own. Emphasis on mnemonics gives readers ample helpful strategies to choose from. Emphasis on college dictionary as a memory aid provides readers with useful and efficient strategies. Additional features include post tests at the end of all units, a pronunciation key at the end of book, and glossaries of words and word parts for handy reference. For those interested in improving their vocabulary.

Table of Contents

Contents	iv
Preface	x
Acknowledgments	xiv
Unit 1 What Surrounds a New Word?	2	(36)
Definitions and Restatements, Examples, Demonstratives: Obvious Clues to Meaning	4	(6)
Repetition, Lists, Repeated Word Patterns: Less Obvious Clues I	10	(5)
Contrast, Descriptive Words: Less Obvious Clues II	15	(23)
Unit 2 What Is Inside a New Word?	38	(58)
Roots	40	(9)
Using Roots Carefully	49	(8)
Greek and Latin Roots with Fixed Meanings	57	(7)
Prefixes with Fixed Meanings	64	(11)
Suffixes with Fixed Meanings	75	(21)
Unit 3 What Help Is a Dictionary?	96	(52)
Survey Your Dictionary	100	(5)
The 60-Second Memory Aid	105	(4)
Using a Word's Pronunciation	109	(6)
Using a Word's History	115	(9)
Using a Word's Cognates	124	(24)
Unit 4 Playing With Word Parts	148	(106)
Common Latin Roots	150	(10)
Common Prefixes	160	(12)
Common Suffixes	172	(25)
Playing with Suffixes	197	(28)
More Play with Word Families	225	(29)
Unit 5 Improving Your Writing Vocabulary	254	(54)
Using New Words	256	(7)
Varying Nouns and Adjectives	263	(11)
Varying Verbs	274	(4)
Using Modeifiers	278	(6)
Varying Parts of Speech	284	(5)
Using Words Figuratively	289	(19)
Unit 6 What Help Is a Thesaurus?	308	(44)
The Limits of a Thesaurus	310	(16)
Making the Thesaurus Work for You	326	(26)
Unit 7 Appendix---Additional Word Families	352	(33)
Glossaries	385	(14)
Answer Key	399	(30)
Index	429