Columbia 1000 Words You Must Know for SAT by Richard Lee Ph D

Columbia 1000 Words You Must Know for SAT by Richard Lee Ph D

TO THE STUDENTThe shortest and best way of learning a language is to know the roots of it, that is, those original primitive words from which other words are formed. -- Lord ChesterfieldColumbia 1000 Words You Must Know for SAT presents 1000 most frequently tested words for SAT. You will find 100 vocabulary-building lessons in Books 1 - 3. Each lesson contains 10 new words and they are first presented to you with Memory Tips; next, New Words are listed in rhyming memory groups and followed by Sample Sentences; the last part of the lesson are Sentence Completion and Definition Matching practice tests with answers. One of the most outstanding features of this book is that each new word is repeated at least five times in a lesson so that you will have a much better chance to memorize it more easily.Columbia 1000 Words You Must Know for SAT is designed to help you master all the absolutely essential SAT words using our most effective memory method: A Roots and Rhyming Memory Approach. Let's take the word aberration for example and see how this exciting new memory method can help you find the shortest and best way to memorize new words and build a large vocabulary:1. MEMORY TIPS: Memorizing words with the help of Roots, Prefixes, and Suffixes.ion condition or action; as aberration, ration, inflation, temptation, abbreviation2. NEW WORDS: New Words are arranged in rhyming groups for easy memory.aberration, ration, inflation, temptation, abbreviationABERRATION n. departure from what is right or true rhyming sound -ation3. SAMPLE SENTENCES: Sample Sentences are given to help you memorize words in context.This complexity is not an aberration or something to be wished away, it is the new reality.4. SENTENCE COMPLETION: Sentence Completion is designed to help you memorize words through tests.The patient's only _____________ was a temporary lapse of memory.(aberration)5. DEFINITION MATCHING: Definition Matching is designed to help you memorize words through repetition.departure from what is right or true _________________________ (aberration)In this example, the repeated appearance of the word aberration in the lesson makes it easy for you to memorize. Therefore you can see that only by repeated practice or reinforcement of a new word under different circumstances can you really memorize it so unconsciously that you will never forget. Human memory, like the unconscious, is structured like a language. Once you have memorized a new word, it will stay in your unconscious and become part of yourself. Whenever you need it, it will come to you automatically just like the flowers coming in the spring: it is natural Columbia 1000 Words You Must Know for SAT is both a self-help book and a textbook for classroom use. It is the only vocabulary book you will ever need to master the most often tested words on the SAT. If you can spend about 25 minutes a day with this book, you will definitely help yourself expand your vocabulary, build up your word power, and raise your score on the SAT.CONTENTSUnit 1aback, crack, rack, ransack, counterattackaberration, ration, inflation, temptation, abbreviationUnit 2abet, asset, beget, cadet, regretabhor, decor, mentor, metaphor, ambassadorUnit 3abide, collide, confide, subside, homicideabject, affect, defect, neglect, prospectUnit 4abjure, conjure, endure, obscure, immatureabominate, accelerate, accumulate, excoriate, matriculateUnit 5abstain, constrain, detain, domain, refrainabstruse, diffuse, effuse, profuse, recluse....

Richard Lee is an English professor and a well-known publishing scholar who has authored a number of publications. His books can be found on Amazon, in other online retailers, and in bookstores all over the world. He obtained his Ph.D. after studying at the University of Rochester in New York and the University of British Columbia. in the English language

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ISBN 13	9781927647233
ISBN 10	1927647231
Title	Columbia 1000 Words You Must Know for SAT
Author	Richard Lee Ph D
Series	Columbia 1000 Words You Must Know For Sat
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Columbia Press
Year published	2013-04-15
Number of pages	158
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