Product Description
Excellent communication is power. If you can tell people exactly what you want, they can give it to you. Expand your vocabulary fast. Get a cutting edge secret weapon to improve your reading, writing, speaking, test taking, etc. Learn what's been holding you back.
How are words really formed? Why is the real meaning of a word never found in the dictionary? Learn to figure out words that many people don't know -- in a few seconds. These are the most powerful techniques you can use to build your vocabulary. We can't get what we want if we can't communicate it.
The English language has one million words. It's one of the most extensive languages in the world. How can traditional vocabulary books that only choose a tiny fraction of that number expand my vocabulary significantly?
Vocabulary Tools doesn't rely on memorizing long lists of vocabulary words. Instead, you learn tools that you can apply to any word. After studying from this book, native speakers and non native English speakers can often figure out unfamiliar words without a dictionary, even in fields where they have little or no background.
Gain an advantage on tests such as the PSAT, SAT, TOEFL, TOEIC, etc. Enjoy a deeper knowledge of English words. Read and write more effectively at home, school or work.
Learn specially chosen Latin and Greek root words and double, triple, or quadruple your vocabulary. Further increase your vocabulary by learning to see words in pieces. Each piece becomes another tool to use on words you don't know. This approach is used in the best public and private schools. If you forget a fact on a test, you have another way to succeed -- you can use Vocabulary Tools to figure it out linguistically. For example, if a test statement is, Men with sisters can be very philogynous, you will learn to:
1. Break the word into the pieces you've learned in the book -- philo/ gyn/ ous;
2. Use the Latin and Greek meanings of the pieces you've learned -- phil (love) gyn (women) ous (suffix - full of).
3. Use the sentence context to test the meanings of the pieces: philogynous - full of love for women. Can men with sisters be full of love for women? Yes. Even if you had no idea what philogynous meant, you can learn to figure out words like this and other very advanced words, often without a dictionary.
Fast, Easy, Fun
Vocabulary Tools is for busy people who want fast results. Many people can learn the material in the book and do the practice exercises in less than a week. There's an extensive Answer Key in the back of Vocabulary Tools that not only gives the answer, but explains the logic behind it.