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Building Vocabulary for College

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ISBN-10: 0618528784

ISBN-13: 9780618528783

Edition: 6th 2006

Authors: R. Kent Smith

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Building Vocabulary for College introduces a number of useful strategies for learning words and includes activities that encourage retention. The terms featured in this text were selected after consulting college textbooks and standardized tests, general and specialized dictionaries, vocabulary and reference books, journals and periodicals, and college instructors and students. Section One of the text focuses on students' understanding of word partsprefixes, suffixes, and rootsto help them decipher unfamiliar words. Section Two familiarizes students with academic terms from a variety of disciplines. A practical approach to building a strong college vocabulary continues to be the…    
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Book details

List price: $140.95
Edition: 6th
Copyright year: 2006
Publisher: CENGAGE Learning
Publication date: 3/14/2005
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 384
Size: 7.25" wide x 8.75" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 1.298
Language: English

R. Kent Smith has recently retired from full-time teaching at University College of Bangor, part of the University of Maine system, where he taught reading, study skills, and writing courses for nearly thirty years. He held the rank of Professor of Developmental Studies, and he also chaired the Developmental Studies program for nine years. Prior to entering college teaching, Smith taught in the Aurora, Illinois, public school system for twelve years. He earned his Doctorate of Education degree in language arts from the University of Maine. He has been a participant at numerous professional conferences, and his research and publications have been covered reading, writing, vocabulary,…    

Note: Each section includes an Introduction
Word Parts and Challenging Words Lessons:
sta, co, col, com, con, cor, il, im, in, ir, de, er, or, ist, pre, re, ex, mono, un
stature, compliance, incongruous, debilitate, hedonist, precocious, replicate, extricate, monomania, unseemly
sub, pro, uni, inter, mis, dis, ob, op, ten, tion, logy
subterfuge, proclivity, universally, interim, misconstrue, dissipate, obstreperous, tentative, correlation, anthropology
able, ible, a, an, super, trans, poly, ver, log, a, an, chron, post
culpable, apathy, superfluous, transition, polychromatic, veracity, epilogue, nepotism, chronic, posthumously
bio, tele, auto, eu, ante, rect, fid, equ, pan, sym, syn
biopsy, telepathy, autonomy, euphemism, antediluvian, rectify, infidelity, equivocal, panacea, syndrome
phil, mal, spec, omni, hyper, anti, voc, bi, path, ben
philanthropy, malicious, specter, omnipotent, hypertension, antithesis, vociferous, bilingual, empathy, benign
fin, geo, bell, hydro, hydr, ambi, amphi, less, hem, intra, intro, man, derm, dermis
finale, geopolitics, belligerent, hydrology, ambivalence, dauntless, hemostat, introvert, manhandle, dermatology
bon, boun, multi, hypo, neo, ful, ous, non, aud, extra, ultra, temp, ward
bounteous, multifaceted, hypochondria, neophyte, acrimonious, nondescript, audible, extraneous, contemporary, wayward
ann, enn, gram, graph, phon, mor, mort, pos, cap, dia, ness, hetero, homo
annuity, graphology, cacophony, moribund, composure, capricious, diaphanous, blandness, heterogeneous, homogeneous
contra, contro, counter, psych, semi, dic, meter, metr, terr, anthrop, fore, se, therm
contraband, psychedelic, semicentennial, malediction, altimeter, terrain, misanthrope, foreboding, sedition, hypothermia
aster, astro, peri, cred, em, en, itis, macro, magn, the, pseud, vid, vis, gen
astronautics, peripatetic, credence, embroil, neuritis, magnanimous, monotheism, pseudonym, vis-agrave;-vis, generic
ped, pod, micro, scrib, scrip, port, arch, cent, ven, vent, cide, poten, leg
podiatry, microbiology, proscribe, portage, archetype, centenarian, convene, genocide, potency, legacy
sol, polis, urb, ish, ly, age, ance, ence, ship, tract, circum, onym, photo, dem
soliloquy, megalopolis, fetish, ostensibly, abeyance, retraction, circumspect, acronym, photosynthesis, demagogue
ac, dys, err, medi, be, claim, clam, greg, al, ic, ize
exacerbate, dystrophy, aberration, medieval, bereft, clamorous, gregarious, colloquial, sophomoric, ostracize
alienation, collateral, deleterious, felicitous, hypothetical, immutable, impeccable, impunity, gullible, trepidation
debacle, deprivation, garrulous, meticulous, nebulous, sagacious, specious, redundant, repudiate, viable
catharsis, dearth, guile, lethargy, affinity, affluence, dichotomy, enigma, banal, clandestine
cogent, rationalize, sordid, eclectic, usurp, inundate, parochial, perfunctory, acquiesce, ephemeral
Academic Terms Lessons
Literature and Composition
Oral Communications
Psychology
Sociology
United States History and Political Science
Biology
Physical Science
Computer Science
Business and Economics
Legal Terms
Medical Terms
Appendices
Parts of Speech
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