Vocabulary for Achievement

by Richek, Margaret Ann; McRae, Arlin T.

• ISBN13: 9780669464818
• ISBN10: 0669464813
• Edition: Student
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1998-01-01
• Publisher: Great Source Education Group

Table of Contents

Words about Language	1	(6)
Luck and Whim	7	(6)
Order and Relationship	13	(8)
Dictionary Skills Using a Thesaurus	19	(2)
The Root -pli-	21	(6)
Criticism	27	(6)
Willingness and Unwillingness	33	(8)
Test-Taking Skills Antonym Test Items	39	(2)
The Root -spec-	41	(6)
Ability and Inability	47	(6)
Requests and Demands	53	(8)
Test-Taking Skills SAT Sentence-Completion Test Items	59	(2)
The Roots -val- and -vinc-	61	(6)
Size and Amount	67	(6)
Releasing and Taking Back	73	(8)
Test-Taking Skills SAT Analogy Test Items	79	(2)
The Roots -greg-, -her-, and -sim-	81	(6)
Disagreement	87	(6)
Negotiation and Diplomacy	93	(8)
Test-Taking Skills SAT and ACT Reading Comprehension Test Items	99	(2)
The Roots -fid- and -jur-	101	(6)
Frequently Confused Words	107	(6)
Excellence	113	(8)
Reading Skills Context Clues and the Reading of American History	119	(2)
The Roots -quisit-, -rog-, and -sag-	121	(6)
Avoidance	127	(6)
Copying and Repeating	133	(8)
Reading Skills Context Clues and the Reading of American Literature	139	(2)
Nature	141	(6)
Music	147	(6)
Responsibility and Irresponsibility	153	(8)
Reading Skills The Prefixes bene- and mal-	159	(2)
Business and Finance	161	(6)
Thought and Judgment	167	(6)
Honesty and Dishonesty	173	(8)
Reading Skills The Prefix inter-, intra-, and intro-	179	(2)
Help and Harm	181	(6)
Possibility and Impossibility	187	(6)
Change	193	(8)
Reading Skills The Prefixes ante- and post-	199	(2)
Flash Cards	201