Vocabulary Growth: Strategies for College Word Study Book

I. THE DICTIONARY AND WORD ORIGINS.

1. The Dictionary as the Book of Choice—Words about Words and Words from Old English.

2. Word Study Notebooks and Cards—Words from Greek.

II. CONTEXT CLUES AND MORE ABOUT WORD ORIGINS.

3. Context Clues—Words from Latin.

4. More with Context Clues—Words from French.

III. PREFIXES AND OTHER INTRODUCTORY ELEMENTS THAT MATTER.

5. Word Elements —Prefixes That Tell “No,” “When,” “Where,” or “More.”

6. Word Elements—Prefixes That Say “For,” “Together,” “Apart,” . . .

7. Word Elements—Introductory Bases That Tell: “How Many” or “How Big.”

IV. SUFFIXES AND OTHER FINAL ELEMENTS TO LOOK OUT FOR.

8. Adjective-Forming Suffixes—Describing People and Things.

9. Noun-and Verb-forming Suffixes—Making Words Name and Act.

10. Word Elements—Ruling, Schooling, Measuring, Writing, and Viewing.

V. BASIC ROOTS AND WORD ELEMENTS.

11. Roots—Talking, Writing, Sensing, Knowing.

12. Roots—Active Living.

13. Basic Elements—The Environment and Life.

14. Basic Elements—The Self in Society.

Photo Credits.

Topical Index.

Roots and Combining Forms.

Prefixes.

Suffixes.

Word Index.