Success with Words Book

	Introduction
	Can you answer yes to any of these questions?	1
	Why a workbook format?	1
	Vocabulary and the PSAT, SAT, and ACT	1
	Enhancing vocabulary when school is over	2
	How to use this book ... as a student	3
	How to use this book ... as a teacher	4
Unit I	What You Already Know
List 1	The Root of It All: Reviewing the origins of our language	11
List 2	Figure It Out: Reviewing number roots	20
List 3	In the Beginning ...: Reviewing some essential prefixes	25
Unit II	Vocabulary in and Out of Context
List 1	You've Got to Know the Territory: Studying context as a key to the meaning of words	33
List 2	Help! Hollered the Puzzled Reader: Finding synonyms or antonyms in context as keys to the meaning of words	41
Unit III	The Vocabulary Lists
List 1	Look, Jane, Look!: Verbs, the action words	51
List 2	Excuse My Onomatopoeia: Terms from the arts	62
List 3	Four-Letter Words: Short words full of meaning	73
List 4	O Ye Gods! Part One: Words from myth and legend	84
	Lists 1-4 Review	97
List 5	The Incredible Hunk: Prefixes that give meaning	102
List 6	An Eldritch Cry: Adjectives, the describing words	116
List 7	Parlez-Vous Francais? Absolument: French words commonly used in English	126
List 8	Mrs. Malaprop Is Alive and Well: Words about language and speech	136
	Lists 5-8 Review	147
List 9	A Hirsute Simian: Words from the animal kingdom	153
List 10	Bigots and Bagatelles: Nouns nice to know	162
List 11	See Spot Run: Verbs one more time	172
List 12	Mind and Matter: Psychological and medical terms	183
	Lists 9-12 Review	194
List 13	Accentuate the Positive: Words with a positive connotation	199
List 14	Eliminate the Negative: Words with a negative connotation	210
List 15	Test Tubes and Dinosaurs: Terms from science	220
List 16	Presto, a Bonanza!: Words from Italy and Spain	231
	Lists 13-16 Review	241
List 17	Pardon the Pun: More words about language and speech	248
List 18	Latina Vivit: Common Latin words and phrases	259
List 19	Call My Lawyer!: Legal terms	270
List 20	Jane and Spot Grow Up: Verbs yet another time	282
	Lists 17-20 Review	293
List 21	Here's to You, Simon and Garfunkel: Terms from music and the arts	299
List 22	O Ye Gods! Part Two: More words from myth and legend	310
List 23	Torrid vs. Hot: Adjectives, the describing words	322
List 24	The Low-Down Noun: Nouns with a negative connotation	333
	Lists 21-24 Review	343
Unit IV	A Book List You Can Love
	Vocabulary builders that are fun to read	351
Unit V	Your Best on the Test
	Answering the verbal questions on Standardized Tests	359
	How to get more answers right than wrong	359
	How to answer sentence completion questions	363
	Reasoning your way through to the answers	366
	How to answer questions on reading passages	374
	Why are reading passages such a big part of a verbal test?	375
	Do you want to score high?	375
	Time to write right	393
	The Answer Section
	Answers to Unit I	399
	Answers to Unit II	402
	Answers to Unit III	403
	Answers to Unit V	436
	Index	439