Title:
Building your vocabulary
Personal Author EPSB:
Summary:
Presents information on building vocabulary, including meanings of common prefixes and suffixes, synonyms, antonyms, how to use a dictionary and thesaurus, and how to use context clues to figure out meanings of words.
Other Title:
Vocabulary
Year Published:
2002-2003
Series:
Physical Description:
188 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Note:
Reprint. Originally published: c2002.
Includes index.
Contents:
Where do words come from? -- Parts of words: prefixes, roots, and suffixes -- Tricky words: sound-alikes, spell-alikes, and look-alikes -- Word families -- Using context clues -- How to use a dictionary -- How to use a thesaurus: Synonyms and Antonyms -- Build a vast, vivid and voluminous vocabulary -- Vocabulary-building games -- Longest words in English -- How words change -- One hundred great words.
Subject:
ISBN:
9780439285629
Publisher:
New York : Scholastic Reference, [2003], c2002.
