To the Instructor | p. ix |
To the Student | p. xii |
Word Parts and Challenging Words | p. 1 |
Introduction | p. 1 |
p. 7 | |
Word Parts: ary, co, col, com, con, cor, il, im, in, ir, de, er, or, ist, pre, re, ex, ing, un | p. 7 |
Challenging Words: quandary, consensus, incongruous, debilitate, hedonist, precocious, reconciliation, extricate, meandering, unethical | p. 10 |
p. 17 | |
Word Parts: sub, pro, fy, inter, mis, dis, ob, op, ten, tion, ed | p. 17 |
Challenging Words: submissive, mollify, intervene, misnomer, dissipate, obstreperous, tentative, correlation, alleviated, prolific | p. 19 |
p. 26 | |
Word Parts: able, ible, a, an, super, trans, poly, ver, log, ism, chron, post | p. 26 |
Challenging Words: inevitable, apathy, superfluous, transition, polychromatic, veracity, epilogue, nepotism, chronic, posthumously | p. 29 |
p. 37 | |
Word Parts: para, tele, culp, eu, ante, rect, fid, equ, pan, sym, syn | p. 37 |
Challenging Words: paradigm, telepathy, culpable, euphemism, antediluvian, rectify, infidelity, equivocal, panacea, syndrome | p. 39 |
p. 47 | |
Word Parts: phil, mal, spec, omni, hyper, anti, voc, vok, bi, path, bene | p. 47 |
Challenging Words: philanthropy, malicious, specter, omnipotent, hypertension, antithesis, vociferous, bilingual, empathy, benign | p. 50 |
Review Test, Chapters 1-5 | p. 57 |
p. 63 | |
Word Parts: fin, gni, gno, bell, clau, clu, ambi, amphi, less, pen, pun, intra, intro, man, luc, lum | p. 63 |
Challenging Words: finale, cognizant, belligerent, recluse, ambivalence, dauntless, penance, elucidate, introspection, manhandle | p. 65 |
p. 73 | |
Word Parts: bon, boun, multi, vert, neo, ful, ous, non, aud, extra, ultra, temp, ward | p. 73 |
Challenging Words: bounteous, multifaceted, vertigo, neophyte, acrimonious, nondescript, audible, extraneous, contemporary, wayward | p. 75 |
p. 83 | |
Word Parts: ann, enn, grad, gress, phon, mor, mort, pos, cap, dia, ness, hetero, homo | p. 83 |
Challenging Words: annuity, gradient, cacophony, moribund, composure, capricious, diaphanous, blandness, heterogeneous, homogeneous | p. 85 |
p. 93 | |
Word Parts: contra, contro, counter, ac, claim, clam, die, greg, terr, anthrop, fore, se, soph | p. 93 |
Challenging Words: contraband, exacerbate, clamor, malediction, gregarious, terrain, misanthrope, foreboding, sedition, sophomoric | p. 96 |
p. 103 | |
Word Parts: spar, sper, peri, cred, em, en, tact, tang, macro, magn, the, pseud, vid, vis, gen | p. 103 |
Challenging Words: disparage, peripatetic, credence, embroil, tangible, magnanimous, monotheism, pseudonym, vis-à-vis, generic | p. 105 |
Review Test, Chapters 6-10 | p. 113 |
p. 119 | |
Word Parts: domin, dys, retro, medi, be, apt, prim, al, pot, ize | p. 119 |
Challenging Words: domineering, dystrophy, retrograde, medieval, bereft, adaptation, primeval, colloquial, potable, ostracize | p. 122 |
p. 130 | |
Challenging Words: impeccable, ephemeral, garrulous, meticulous, nebulous, sagacious, specious, redundant, repudiate, viable | p. 130 |
p. 138 | |
Challenging Words: catharsis, dearth, guile, lethargy, affinity, affluence, dichotomy, enigma, banal, clandestine | p. 138 |
p. 146 | |
Challenging Words: alienation, collateral, deleterious, felicitous, hypothetical, immutable, aberration, impunity, gullible, trepidation | p. 146 |
p. 153 | |
Challenging Words: debacle, deprivation, epitome, fastidious, ubiquitous, garner, latent, ominous, pragmatic, placate | p. 153 |
p. 161 | |
Challenging Words: arduous, astute, blatant, covert, cull, decorum, enhance, deterrent, exonerate, inexorable | p. 161 |
p. 169 | |
Challenging Words: cogent, rationalize, sordid, eclectic, usurp, inundate, germane, perfunctory, acquiesce, nemesis | p. 169 |
Review Test, Chapters 11-17 | p. 177 |
Academic Terms | p. 183 |
Introduction | p. 183 |
Literary | p. 184 |
Oral Communication | p. 190 |
Psychology | p. 196 |
Sociology | p. 204 |
Social Science | p. 211 |
Review Test, Chapters 18-22 | p. 219 |
Business and Economics | p. 223 |
Mathematics | p. 230 |
Biological Science | p. 243 |
Physical Science | p. 255 |
Criminal Justice | p. 267 |
Medical | p. 276 |
Review Test, Chapters 23-28 | p. 287 |
Parts of Speech | p. 292 |
Using the Dictionary | p. 296 |
Index of Confusing Words | p. 298 |
Index of Academic Terms | p. 299 |
Index of Bonus Words | p. 301 |
Index of Challenging Words | p. 302 |
Index of Idioms | p. 303 |
Index of Word Parts | p. 304 |
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