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| Introduction | |
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| Conventions Used in This Book | |
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| Foolish Assumptions | |
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| How This Book Is Organized | |
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| Icons Used in This Book | |
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| Where to Go from Here | |
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| Hardwiring Words into Your Brain | |
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| Mastering Test Vocabulary | |
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| Giving Kudos to Clusters | |
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| Reviewing Three Little Words That Mean So Much: Prefixes, Roots, and Suffixes | |
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| Playing Mind Games with Your Friends | |
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| Having Success with Excess | |
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| Kissing Up and Putting Down | |
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| Weaseling Words into Your Work | |
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| Digging Out Meaning: Prefixes, Roots, and Suffixes | |
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| Starting Off with Prefixes | |
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| Getting to the Root of the Matter | |
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| Ending with a Bang: Suffixes | |
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| Groups and Troops: Essential Vocabulary by Category | |
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| Mirror, Mirror on the Wall: Words about Personal Appearance | |
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| Keeping Up Appearances with New Vocabulary Words | |
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| More than Skin Deep: Beautiful Practice Exercises | |
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| Exercise one | |
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| Exercise two | |
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| Exercise three | |
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| Answers to the Exercises | |
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| Exercise one | |
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| Exercise two | |
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| Exercise three | |
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| For Richer or for Poorer: Words about Money | |
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| Showing You the Money: New Vocabulary Words | |
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| The Buck Stops Here: Practice Exercises | |
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| Exercise one | |
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| Exercise two | |
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| Exercise three | |
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| Answers to the Exercises | |
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| Exercise one | |
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| Exercise two | |
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| Exercise three | |
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| Look Who's Talking: Words about Speaking | |
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| Talking Up a Blue Streak with New Vocabulary Words | |
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| Letting Your Actions Speak Louder than Words: Practice Exercises | |
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| Exercise one | |
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| Exercise two | |
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| Exercise three | |
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| Answers to the Exercises | |
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| Exercise one | |
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| Exercise two | |
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| Exercise three | |
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| Never Trust Anyone Over Thirty: Words about Age | |
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| Growing Older, Growing Wiser with New Vocabulary Words | |
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| Coming of Age with These Practice Exercises | |
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| Exercise one | |
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| Exercise two | |
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| Exercise three | |
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| Answers to the Exercises | |
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| Exercise one | |
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| Exercise two | |
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| Exercise three | |
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| Hip, Hip, Hurray! Words of Praise and Criticism | |
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| Singing the Praises of New Vocabulary Words | |
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| Everyone's a Critic: Practice Exercises | |
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| Exercise one | |
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| Exercise two | |
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| Exercise three | |
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| Answers to the Exercises | |
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| Exercise one | |
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| Exercise two | |
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| Exercise three | |
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| It Was the Best of Times, It Was the Worst of Times: Words of Joy and Sorrow | |
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| Happy as a Clam with New Vocabulary Words | |
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| Sadder but Wiser: Practice Exercises | |
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| Exercise one | |
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| Exercise two | |
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| Exercise three | |
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| Answers to the Exercises | |
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| Exercise one | |
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| Exercise two | |
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| Exercise three | |
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| When Your IQ Is a Fraction: Words about Intelligence | |
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| Words of Wisdom: New Vocabulary | |
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| Proving You're Smart as a Whip: Practice Exercises | |
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| Exercise one | |
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| Exercise two | |
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| Exercise three | |
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| Answers to the Exercises | |
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| Exercise one | |
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| Exercise two | |
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| Exercise three | |
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| Couch Potatoes Need Love, Too: Words of Energy and Laziness | |
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| Examining New Vocabulary Words That Are Full of Energy | |
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| E=mc[superscript 2]: Practice Exercises About Energy | |
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| Exercise one | |
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| Exercise two | |
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| Exercise three | |
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| Answers to the Exercises | |
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| Exercise one | |
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| Exercise two | |
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| Exercise three | |
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| I'm Not Always Right, But I'm Never Wrong: Words about Stubbornness | |
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| Agreeing to Disagree: New Vocabulary Words | |
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| Yielding to These Practice Exercises | |
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| Exercise one | |
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| Exercise two | |
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| Exercise three | |
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| Answers to the Exercises | |
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| Exercise one | |
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| Exercise two | |
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| Exercise three | |
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| Classy Chat: Impressive Words for Impressive Scores | |
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| Making an Impression with New Vocabulary | |
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| Keeping Up Appearances: Practice Exercises | |
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| Exercise one | |
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| Exercise two | |
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| Exercise three | |
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| Answers to the Exercises | |
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| Exercise one | |
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| Exercise two | |
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| Exercise three | |
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| Story Time: Finding Meaning in Context | |
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| Donna and Larry's Big Adventure | |
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| Telling a Tale | |
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| Beyond Words: Defining the New Vocabulary | |
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| Exercising Your New Vocabulary | |
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| Answers to the Exercise | |
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| All President and Accounted For | |
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| Not the Same Old Story | |
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| Exchanging (Vocab) Words | |
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| Testing Your Mettle with an Exercise | |
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| Answers to the Exercise | |
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| Attack of the Killer SAT Book | |
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| Making a Long Story Short | |
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| Vocab Words that Stick in Your Throat | |
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| Exercising Your Options | |
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| Answers to the Exercise | |
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| Report Card Jitters | |
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| A Little Bedtime Reading | |
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| Defining Vocab from the Word Go | |
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| Practicing Until You're Perfect | |
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| Answers to the Exercise | |
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| The Boy Who Barfed on Me | |
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| Spinning a Tale | |
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| Getting a (Vocab) Word in Edgewise | |
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| Exercising without Taking a Step | |
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| Answers to the Exercise | |
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| King of the (Tongue) Studs | |
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| Once Upon a Time | |
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| Going Back on Your (Vocabulary) Words | |
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| Stepping Up to the Plate: An Exercise | |
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| Answers to the Exercise | |
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| The Girl Who Yelled, "You Stink!" | |
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| The Story of My Life | |
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| Being True to Your (Vocab) Words | |
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| Giving it Your Best Shot: A Practice Exercise | |
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| Answers to the Exercise | |
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| Banned from the Bash | |
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| The Life of the Party: A Story | |
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| Hanging on Every (Vocab) Word | |
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| Putting These Words into Practice | |
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| Answers to the Exercise | |
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| Kid Klepto, the Boy Who Robbed Me Blind | |
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| More to the Story than Meets the Eye | |
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| Putting in a Good (Vocab) Word | |
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| No Sweat! A Practice Exercise | |
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| Answers to the Exercise | |
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| A Jewel of a House | |
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| ... And They Lived Happily Ever After | |
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| Having the Last (Vocab) Word | |
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| Exercising Your Right to Practice | |
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| Answers to the Exercise | |
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| Putting You to the (Practice) Tests | |
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| Practice Test #1 | |
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| Popping the Questions | |
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| Answering for Yourself | |
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| Practice Test #2 | |
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| Calling These Questions into Question | |
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| Not Taking No for an Answer | |
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| Practice Test #3 | |
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| Begging the Questions | |
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| Explaining the Answers Away | |
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| Practice Test #4 | |
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| Giving this Test the Acid Test | |
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| Making the Grade: Answers | |
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| Genius Test | |
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| Without Question: Answering the Toughest Questions | |
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| Standing Corrected: Answers to the Test | |
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| The Part of Tens | |
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| Ten Ways to Put a Good Vocabulary to Use in the Real World | |
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| Titivate (Spruce Up, Enhance, Embellish) Your Love Letters | |
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| Get Out of Gym Class | |
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| Intimidate a Mechanic | |
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| Compliment the Cook | |
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| Get Out of Doing Chores | |
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| Placate (Calm Down) an Irate (Furious) Parent Over a Heinous (Really, Really Bad) Grade | |
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| Refuse a Date without Crushing an Ego | |
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| Bamboozle (Confuse, Discombobulate) a Traffic Officer | |
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| Frustrate Your Dentist | |
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| Leave a Classy Legacy in Your Yearbook | |
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| Ten Great Quotes about Words | |
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| Ten Ways to Master Words When English Is a Foreign Tongue | |
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| Look for Similarities with Words in Your Native Language | |
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| Localize As You Vocalize | |
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| Associate Places Back Home with New Vocab | |
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| Memorize the Words in a Tactile (Touching, Tangible) Fashion | |
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| Associate Words with American TV Shows | |
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| Give Nicknames to Your Friends, Family, and Professors | |
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| String Words Together | |
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| Enlist the Help--and Harassment--of Your Friends and Family | |
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| Arrange for a Secret Word Dropper | |
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| Additional Resources | |
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| Glossary | |
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| Index | |