Building Vocabulary For College

by Smith, R. Kent

• ISBN13: 9780618979059
• ISBN10: 0618979050
• Edition: 7th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2008-06-20
• Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing

Summary

Building Vocabulary for College is a vocabulary worktext that helps students increase their academic vocabulary through a practical, memorization-based approach. Users love the book for its "conciseness yet broadness of application," its focus on word parts, its non-condescending tone, and its emphasis on academic terms. The text begins by presenting the basics such as common prefixes, suffixes, and roots. The lessons in Section 1 alternate between those that introduce ten word parts (along with two sentences featuring words based on each part) and those that present ten challenging words (which appear on college aptitude tests) containing those word parts. Exercises following word-parts lessons include multiple-choice, matching, cloze sentences, and definitions, while exercises for challenging words lessons ask students to write their own definitions and work through multiple-choice exercises, cloze sentences, and analogies. The lessons in Section 2 introduce terms from a variety of academic disciplines to help students succeed across the curriculum.The Seventh Edition has been streamlined to better illustrate the connection between words and academic fields.

Table of Contents

WordParts and Challenging Words Lesson

sta, co, col, com, con, cor, il, im, in, ir, de, er, or, ist, pre, re, ex, mono, un stature, compliance, incongruous, debilitate, hedonist, precocious, replicate, extricate, monomania, unseemly Lesson

sub, pro, uni, inter, mis, dis, ob, op, ten, tion, logy subterfuge, proclivity, universally, interim, misconstrue, dissipate, obstreperous, tentative, correlation, anthropology Lesson

able, ible, ism, a, arc, super, trans, poly, ver, log, ism, chron, post culpable, nepotism, superfluous, transition, polychromatic, veracity, epilogue, apathy, chronic, posthumously Lesson

bio, tele, auto, eu, ante, rect, fid, equ, pan, sym, syn biopsy, telepathy, autonomy, euphemism, antediluvian, rectify, infidelity, equivocal, panacea, syndrome Lesson

phil, mal, spec, omni, hyper, anti, voc, vok, bi, path, ben philanthropy, malicious, specter, omnipotent, hypertension, antithesis, vociferous, bilingual, empathy, benign Lesson

fin, geo, bell, hydro, hydr, ambi, amphi, less, hem, intra, intro, man, derm, dermis finale, geopolitics, belligerent, hydrology, ambivalence, dauntless, hemostat, introvert, manhandle, dermatology Lesson

bon, boun, multi, hypo, neo, ful, ous, non, aud, extra, ultra, temp ward bounteous, multifacted, hypochondria, neophyte, acrimonious, nondescript, audible, extraneous, contemporary, wayward Lesson

ann, enn, gram, graph, phon, mor, mort, pos, cap, dia, ness, hetero, homo annuity, graphology, cacophony, moribund, composure, capricious, diaphanous, blandness, heterogeneous, homogeneous Lesson

contra, contro, counter, psych, semi, dic, meter, metr, terr, anthrop, fore, se, therm contraband, psychedelic, semicentennial, malediction, altimeter, terrain, misanthrope, foreboding, sedition, hypothermia Lesson

astar, astro, peri, cred, em, en, itis, macro, magni, the, pseudo, vid, vis, gen astronautics, peripatetic, credence, embroil, neuritis, magnanimous, monotheism, pseudonym, vis-a-vis, generic Lesson

ped, pod, micro, scrib, scrip, port, arch, cent, ven, vent, cide, poten, leg podiatry, microbiology, proscribe, portage, archetype, centenarian, convene, genocide, potency, legacy Lesson

sol, polis, urb, ish, ly, age, ance, ence, ship, tract, circum, onym, photo, dem soliloquy, megalopolis, fetish, ostensibly, abeyance, retraction, circumspect, acronym, photosynthesis, demagogue Lesson

ac, dys, err, medi, be, claim, clam, greg, al, ic, ize bereft, colloquial, exacerbate, dystrophy, sophomoric, ostracize, aberration, medieval, clamorous, gregarious Lesson

alienation, collateral, deleterious, felicitous, hypothetical, immutable, impeccable, impunity, gullible, trepidation debacle, deprivation, garrulous, meticulous, nebulous, sagacious, specious, redundant, repudiate, viable Lesson

catharsis, dearth, guile, lethargy, affinity, affluence, dichotomy, enigma, banal, clandestine cogent, rationalize, sordid, eclectic, usurp, inundate, parochial, perfunctgory, acquiesce, ephemeral

Academic Terms Lesson

Literature and Composition Lesson

Oral Communications Lesson

Psychology Lesson

Sociology Lesson

United States History and Political Science Lesson

Biology Lesson

Physical Science Lesson

Computer Science Lesson

Business and Economics Lesson

Legal Terms Lesson

Medical Terms

Parts of Speech

Using the Dictionary

Acknowledgments

Index for Word Parts

Index for Challenging Words

Index for Academic Terms

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