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Introduction | 1 | |
About This Book | 1 | |
Conventions Used in This Book | 1 | |
Special Features | 3 | |
How This Book is Organized | 4 | |
Icons Used in This Book | 5 | |
Where to Go from Here | 6 | |
Part I | Getting your Bearings | 7 |
Chapter 1 | Figuring Out How Words Work | 9 |
Getting an Idea of a Good Vocabulary | 9 | |
Reaping Vocabulary's Rewards | 11 | |
Trying to Make Sense of the English Language | 12 | |
Improving Your Vocabulary the Easy Way | 15 | |
Chapter 2 | Building Your Vocabulary | 17 |
Playing to Improve Your Vocabulary | 17 | |
Reading Up on Words | 20 | |
Boosting Your Vocabulary for Standardized Tests | 27 | |
Pronouncing Words Correctly | 29 | |
Exercising Your New Vocabulary | 36 | |
Chapter 3 | Picking Up Meaning | 37 |
Reading Between the Lines | 37 | |
Being an Armchair Detective | 46 | |
Deciphering Words with Multiple Meanings | 47 | |
Chapter 4 | Using the Right Word | 51 |
Choosing Your Words | 51 | |
Digging into Diction | 53 | |
Bringing Home the Bacon: Idioms | 59 | |
Abbreviating Acronyms | 62 | |
Part II | Mastering the Basics | 63 |
Chapter 5 | Getting to the Root of the Matter | 65 |
Tending to Word Roots | 65 | |
Getting Scientific with Greek Roots | 69 | |
Cultivating Latin Roots | 76 | |
Chapter 6 | Starting Off with Prefixes | 81 |
Going to the Head of the Word | 81 | |
Seeing Prefixes Everywhere: De-, Re-, In-, Un-, and Pre- | 83 | |
Eyeing Other Common Prefixes | 88 | |
Sailing through Greek Prefixes | 94 | |
Pursuing Prefixes from Latin | 97 | |
Adding In Anglo-Saxon Prefixes | 99 | |
Acting Like a Prefix: Words that Do Double Duty | 100 | |
Chapter 7 | Ending Well: Suffixes | 101 |
Meeting the Most Often Used Suffixes | 101 | |
Expanding Your Suffix Collection | 105 | |
Putting Suffixes to Work | 113 | |
Part III | Expanding your Base | 119 |
Chapter 8 | Shading Meaning: Synonyms, Antonyms, Connotations, Denotations | 121 |
Distilling Synonym Essentials | 122 | |
Analyzing Antonyms | 126 | |
Understanding Subtext: Connotation and Denotation | 127 | |
Chapter 9 | Hear Your Homonyms and Homophones Here | 131 |
Differentiating Homonyms and Homophones (In Case You're Curious) | 131 | |
Dealing with Homonyms and Homophones | 134 | |
Making a Lo-o-o-ng List | 134 | |
Having Fun with Homonyms | 148 | |
Chapter 10 | Compounding Words | 151 |
Presenting Compound Basics | 151 | |
Using Compounds to Build Your Vocabulary | 156 | |
Compounding a Few, Final Words | 166 | |
Chapter 11 | Romancing English: Words from French, Spanish, and Italian | 167 |
Ooo La La! English Words from French | 168 | |
Ole! Words from Spanish | 174 | |
Living la Dolce Vita: Words from Italian | 178 | |
Chapter 12 | Borrowing from the Neighbors: Words from Other Languages | 183 |
Liking Latin | 183 | |
Talking Blarney: Words from the Irish and Scots | 187 | |
Oy Vey! English Words from Yiddish | 188 | |
Dressing Up with Words from Arabic | 190 | |
Lapping Up Words from Other Lands | 195 | |
Part IV | Getting Savvy with Vocabulary | 197 |
Chapter 13 | Trying Your Skills on Standardized Tests | 199 |
Assembling the Skills You Need | 199 | |
Getting Familiar with the Types of Test Questions | 202 | |
Incorporating General Test Prep Tips | 212 | |
Chapter 14 | Taking Care of Business Vocabulary | 215 |
Talking on Company Time | 215 | |
Mastering Jargon | 221 | |
Chapter 15 | Mutterings on Money Matters | 227 |
Managing Your Money Day to Day | 227 | |
Investigating Investment Terms | 230 | |
Talking about Markets | 231 | |
Taxing Terms | 233 | |
Chapter 16 | Speaking Legales | 237 |
Mastering Legal Terms | 237 | |
Hailing the Chief: Words about Government | 246 | |
Chapter 17 | Doctoring Your Words: Medical Terms | 251 |
Talking about Your Body | 251 | |
Choosing a Specialist | 254 | |
Determining What Ails You | 257 | |
Decoding Medical Lingo | 258 | |
Chapter 18 | Acquiring Shopping and Eating Language | 263 |
Cashing In with Collectibles | 263 | |
Dressing for Success: Terms for Clothes | 267 | |
Chowing Down: Terms for Food | 270 | |
Chapter 19 | Expanding the Language: Recent Additions | 273 |
Combining Old Words to Make New Words | 274 | |
New Words Galore: Neologisms | 276 | |
Chapter 20 | Exploring Words from Real and Mythical People and Places | 287 |
What's in a Name? A Lot When It's an Eponym! | 287 | |
Words from Places: Toponyms | 293 | |
Talking with Words from Animals | 296 | |
Words from Myths and Literature | 298 | |
Part V | The Part of Tens | 301 |
Chapter 21 | Don't Go There: Language to Avoid | 303 |
Ageist Vocabulary | 303 | |
Bureaucratic Language | 303 | |
Doublespeak | 304 | |
Empty Words | 304 | |
Inflated Language | 304 | |
Euphemisms | 305 | |
Language Biased Against the Handicapped | 305 | |
Jargon | 305 | |
Racist Vocabulary | 306 | |
Sexist Language | 306 | |
Chapter 22 | Distinctions Worth Making | 307 |
Sound-Alike Words | 307 | |
What a Difference a Letter (Or Two) Makes | 308 | |
Words with Similar Meanings | 311 | |
One Word or Two? | 313 | |
Chapter 23 | Ten Techniques for Nonnative Speakers | 315 |
A or An | 315 | |
Degree of Comparison | 316 | |
Count Nouns | 316 | |
Noncount Nouns | 317 | |
Nouns That Can Be Both Count and Noncount | 317 | |
Nouns as Adjectives | 318 | |
Plurals | 318 | |
Proper Nouns | 318 | |
The and A | 319 | |
Who, Which, That | 319 | |
Index | 321 |
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