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Arranged in similar groups to make words easier to remember, offers definitions and full explanations for one thousand words and includes frequent short quizzes to help retain word meanings.

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Author:   Edward Fiske ,  Jane Mallison ,  Margery Mandell
Publisher:   Sourcebooks, Inc
Imprint:   Sourcebooks, Inc
Edition:   Reprint
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 6.40cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.503kg
ISBN:  

9781402206535

ISBN 10:   1402206534
Pages:   384
Publication Date:   01 June 2006
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Replaced By:   9781492650744
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   To order  
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Table of Contents

"Acknowledgments Introduction Quiz Study Plan Stage One: Consciousness Chapter 1: Short Words Chapter 2: Putting Together/Taking Apart Chapter 3: Down from Mount Olympus Quick Quiz #1 Chapter 4: Give and Take Chapter 5: The Menagerie Chapter 6: Talking About Talking Quick Quiz #2 Chapter 7: What's In? Who's Out? Chapter 8: Something's Coming Chapter 9: The Art of Losing Quick Quiz #3 Usage Test #1 Chapter 10: What's Cookin'? Chapter 11: Fortune's Fool Chapter 12: Stubborn as a Mule Quick Quiz #4 Chapter 13: Miss Manners Chapter 14: Be Bloody, Bold, and Resolute Chapter 15: Oddballs Quick Quiz #5 Chapter 16: Work Ethic Chapter 17: Words For the Ages Chapter 18: True Believers Quick Quiz #6 Usage Test #2 Chapter 19: Enemies, Adversaries, and Antagonists Chapter 20: Comrades, Cohorts, and Companions Chapter 21: Sounds Like, Smells Like Quick Quiz #7 Chapter 22: Them Thar's Fightin' Words Chapter 23: I'm Against That-Or Am I Next to It? Chapter 24: Splendor in the Grass Quick Quiz #8 Chapter 25: Farrago Chapter 26: I Beg of You Chapter 27: Me, Myself, and I Quick Quiz #9 Usage Test #3 Chapter 28: I Just Don't Understand You Chapter 29: What A Relief Chapter 30: Bad Guys Quick Quiz #10 Chapter 31: Not-Quite-Naughty Words Chapter 32: ""The Stream I Go A-fishing In"" Chapter 33: Confound It! Quick Quiz #11 Chapter 34: Earth, Air, Fire, Water Chapter 35: Lighten Up! Chapter 36: Don't Yell at Me! Quick Quiz #12 Usage Test #4 Stage Two: Competence Chapter 37: Speech Therapy Chapter 38: How Deep Is the Ocean, How High Is the Sky? Chapter 39: Sycophants Galore Quick Quiz #13 Chapter 40: Down with Everybody Chapter 41: Oh What a Tangled Web Chapter 42: The Words of War Quick Quiz #14 Chapter 43: Bored and Lazy Chapter 44: See What I Mean? Chapter 45: In Sickness and Health Quick Quiz #15 Usage Test #5 Chapter 46: Mad as a Hatter Chapter 47: Play It Again, Sam Chapter 48: What a Mess! Quick Quiz #16 Chapter 49: Keep It Clean Chapter 50: How Divine! Chapter 51: Godliness Redux Quick Quiz #17 Chapter 52: Hodgepodge Chapter 53: Too Much Chapter 54: Not Enough Quick Quiz #18 Usage Test #6 Chapter 55: Send in the Clowns Chapter 56: Dionysian or Apollonian? Chapter 57: All in the Family Quick Quiz #19 Chapter 58: Yield...or Don't Yield Chapter 59: Bits and Pieces Chapter 60: Darkness, My Old Friend Quick Quiz #20 Chapter 61: Do It In Style Chapter 62: Scary Things Chapter 63: No End in Sight Quick Quiz #21 Usage Test #7 Chapter 64: Om Chapter 65: Oy Chapter 66: Chalk Talk Quick Quiz #22 Chapter 67: Over the Rainbow Chapter 68: How Sweet It Is Chapter 69: Sourpuss Quick Quiz #23 Chapter 70: The Wonderful World of ""O"" Chapter 71: The Play's the Thing Chapter 72: Not Fully Defined Quick Quiz #24 Usage Test #8 Stage Three: Mastery Chapter 73: The Blues...and Other Unpleasant States of Mind Chapter 74: Get Happy Chapter 75: Eponyms Quick Quiz #25 Chapter 76: Gallimaufry Chapter 77: Bright Lights! Loud Music! Chapter 78: Crime and Punishment Quick Quiz #26 Chapter 79: Words, for a Change Chapter 80: High Finance Chapter 81: What's My Line? Quick Quiz #27 Usage Test #9 Chapter 82: The Body and Beyond Chapter 83: Off and On Chapter 84: Who's the Boss? Quick Quiz #28 Chapter 85: Man is a Political Animal Chapter 86: Quarantine Ward Chapter 87: Bottoms Up! Quick Quiz #29 Chapter 88: Home Furnishings Chapter 89: Country Yokel or City Slicker? Chapter 90: How Interesting Quick Quiz #30 Usage Test #10 Chapter 91: On the Road Chapter 92: Parlez-Vous Anglais? Chapter 93: Achtung! Quick Quiz #31 Chapter 94: Weighty Words Chapter 95: What's in a Name? Chapter 96: Am I Timid? Or Are You Intimidating? Quick Quiz #32 Chapter 97: Have Mercy! Chapter 98: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly Chapter 99: Potpourri Chapter 100: We're Out of Here Quick Quiz #33 Usage Test #11 Final Exam Postscript: More Practice Answer Key About the Authors"

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Edward B. Fiske served for 17 years as education editor of the New York Times, and authors the Fiske Guide to Colleges. Jane Mallison has more than twenty years of experience teaching English and has been a member of the College Board SAT committee. Margery Mandell has an MA in English from Columbia and is the coauthor of Million Dollar Words.

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