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  • ..Special Features of the Book
    • "Hit lists" of words frequently occurring on the GRE and SAT Analogy and Antonym questions
    • All of the most "testworthy" words from every academic field, presented categorically
    • A diagnostic test gives you a sense right up front as to what kind of words you need to know for your exam
    • Dozens of matching-type quizzes to help you fix new words in your mind
    • Word games and interesting illustrative sentences and quotations make learning new words easy and enjoyable
    ..Table of Contents
    CHAPTER 1
    The Smart Way to Learn Words
    • Q & A about Learning New Words
    • How to Get the Most out of this Book
    • Words on the Web
    • Tips for Learning (and Remembering) New Words
    • About the Definitions and Phoenetic Spellings in this Book

    CHAPTER 2
    Test Your Words Smarts—with this 44-Word Warmup Quiz

    CHAPTER 3
    Words to the Wise

    • 66 Words Wise People Know
    • 99 Need-to-Know SAT Words
    • 99 Need-to-Know GRE Words

    CHAPTER 4
    Confounding and Confusing Words

    • 33 That Will Confound You
    • 33 That Look Deceptively Familiar
    • 33 That Will Fool You
    • 33 That Might Fake You Out
    • Words Easily Confused with Others—the Big Bad List
    CHAPTER 5
    Academic Challenge—33 Fields (from Anatomy to Zoology)

    CHAPTER 6
    Flexibility Training (Prefixes and Roots)

    CHAPTER 7
    Testworthy Words (The A-to-Z List)

    CHAPTER 8
    Word Games for Smart Test Takers

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    ISBN: 0-76-890715-2
    Author: Mark Alan Stewart
    Publication date: October, 2001 (2nd Ed.)
    Length: 296 pages
    Cover price: US$12.95, CAN$17.95
    Publisher: Peterson's (ARCO)

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