Ultimate Word Success

by Peterson's

Overview

Ultimate Word Success is a great way to have fun while building vocabulary. Standardized test-takers (GED, PSAT/NMSQT*, SAT* ACT®, and TOEFL) can sharpen their skills with hundreds of fun exercises and practice test questions. Readers will surely build a bigger and better vocabulary and quickly learn new "test-worthy" words through the numerous word games, quizzes, and puzzles that are both entertaining and educational.
*SAT is a registered trademark of the College Board, which was not involved in the production of, and does not endorse, this product.
*PSAT/NMSQT is a registered trademark of the College Board and National Merit Scholarship Corporation, which was not involved in the production of, and do not endorse, this product.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780768932423
Publisher:	Peterson's
Publication date:	06/15/2010
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	300
File size:	3 MB

Table of Contents

	Introduction	1
	Frequently Asked Questions	1
	About the Definitions and Phonetic Spellings in This Book	2
Part I	Learn Smart
Day 1	Pretest	5
Day 2	The Inside Edge on Standardized Vocabulary Tests	13
	Mastering Analogy Tests	13
	Conquering Sentence Completion Vocabulary Tests	20
	Acing Critical Reading Tests	22
	Boost Your Vocabulary	22
	Be an Active Reader	23
	Be Test-Smart	23
Day 3	Top Ten Tips for Learning (and Remembering) New Words	25
	And Two Bonus Tips	40
Part II	1 + 1 = Word Success
Day 4	Branch out with Word Roots	43
	How Roots Work	43
	Learning Testworthy Words with Greek Roots	46
	Learning Testworthy Words with Latin Roots	51
Day 5	All about Prefixes	55
	How Prefixes Work	55
	Learning Testworthy Words with Greek Prefixes	58
	Learning Testworthy Words with Latin Prefixes	64
	Prefixes for Numbers	69
	Anglo-Saxon Prefixes	69
Day 6	Learning Suffixes	73
	How Suffixes Work	73
	Suffixes That Describe State of Being	77
	Suffixes That Indicate Occupations	79
	The Gist of -ist	80
	Suffixes That Show Resemblance	81
	Suffixes That Show Amount	83
	Twelve Useful Suffixes	84
Part III	Getting Your Feet Wet
Day 7	Talkin' the Talk: Testworthy Words about Speaking	89
	Yakkity-Yak: Ten Words about Talking	89
	Speaking with the Root Loq	90
	Words Everyone's Talking About	93
	That Important Dic/Dict Root	94
	Keep Up the Conversation: Twenty More Words about Speaking	97
	Root for Clam!	98
Day 8	Order in the Court: Testworthy Words about the Law and Making Judgments	101
	Twelve Testworthy Words about Judgments	101
	Words about Crimes	104
	Political Terms with Multiple-Meanings	110
	Words about Government	110
Day 9	You're So Vain: Testworthy Words about the Human Condition	113
	Ten Words about Vanity and Pride	113
	Testworthy Words from Psychology	117
	Test-Writers' Favorite Test Words about Religion	120
	Testworthy Words from Sociology	123
Part IV	The Water's Fine
Day 10	An Apple a Day: Testworthy Words about Medicine and Anatomy	129
	Body Wars: Fifteen Words about Body Parts	129
	Testworthy Words about Medical Procedures	130
	Types of Medical Conditions	133
	More Words about Medicine	134
	Words about Fears	136
	Words about Obsessions	136
	More Medical Words	139
	Words for Special Doctors	140
Day 11	School Daze: Testworthy Words about Learning	145
	Double Trouble	145
	Ten Testworthy Words about Learning	147
	Five More Words about Learning	147
	Six "Learning" Words with the Same Root	148
	Words about Linguistics	151
	More Words about Linguistics	151
	Words about Learning Literature	153
	Eight More Literary Words	154
	Testworthy Words from Mathematics	157
Day 12	Hit Parade: Testworthy Words about the Arts	159
	Ten Words about the Artistic Culture	159
	Tune up the Band: Fifteen Words about Music	162
	Ten More Musical Words	163
	Last Licks: Five More Musical Terms	163
	All the World's a Stage: Ten Words about the Theater	166
	Paint by Number: Words about Art	167
	If You Build It, They Will Come: Words about Architecture	170
Part V	In the Home Stretch
Day 13	Tough Times: Testworthy Words about Hardships	175
	Ten Words about Tough Times	175
	When You Just Don't Want to Get Out of Bed: Ten More Words for Difficult Times	178
	Ten More Words about Worries	182
	More Terms for Woe	184
Day 14	Play Nice: Testworthy Words about Negative Behavior	189
	Do the Ends Justify the Means?	189
	Sticks and Stones May Break My Bones	190
	Ten More Terms You Don't Want to Be Called!	193
	Twelve Words That Describe Character Flaws	194
	Nine Tacky Terms	195
	Ten More Words for the Darker Side of the Human Psyche	196
	Once More into the Breach	198
Day 15	Be Cool: Testworthy Words about Behavior	201
	Walk This Way	201
	Ten Words about Comportment	202
	The Way We Are	204
	Words of a Feather Flock Together	205
	More Words about Human Nature	207
	Words about Behavior with a French Flair	209
	The Act and the Actor	210
	Last Licks	211
Part VI	Breaking the Record
Day 16	The Great Pretenders: Testworthy Words That Can Fool You	217
	Fifteen Words That Look Deceptively Familiar	217
	Top Twelve Teasers	220
	Ten Testworthy Taunters	222
	A Dozen Dirties	224
Day 17	All Decked out: Testworthy Words about Appearance	227
	Looking Sharp	227
	Ready to Wear	230
	Ten More Words about Us	231
	Let's Get Physical	231
	The Way We Are	234
	The Home Stretch	236
Day 18	The Daily Grind: Testworthy Words About Jobs	239
	Important Test Words about Business	239
	Words about Economics and Finance	241
	Testworthy Words about Crimes and Criminal Procedure	245
	Words from Civil Law	247
	Twelve Testworthy Engineering Words	249
	Ultimate Success Word List	253