Building Vocabulary for College, 8th Edition

Cover Page......Page 1
Did You Know?......Page 3
Half-Title Page......Page 4
Title
 Page......Page 6
Copyright Page......Page 8
New to the Eighth Edition......Page 13
Ancillaries......Page 14
Acknowledgements......Page 15
To the Student......Page 16
Table of Contents......Page 9
Introduction......Page 17
Word Parts: ary, co, col, com, con, cor, il, im, in, ir, de, er, or, ist, pre, re, ex, ing, un......Page 23
Challenging Words: quandary, consensus, incongruous, debilitate, hedonist, precocious, reconciliation, extricate, meandering, unethical......Page 26
Word Parts: sub, pro, fy, inter, mis, dis, ob, op, ten, tion, ed......Page 33
Challenging Words: submissive, mollify, intervene, misnomer, dissipate, obstreperous, tentative, correlation, alleviated, prolific......Page 35
Word Parts: able, ible, a, an, super, trans, poly, ver, log, ism, chron, post......Page 42
Challenging Words: inevitable, apathy, superfluous, transition, polychromatic, veracity, epilogue, nepotism, chronic, posthumously......Page 45
Word Parts: para, tele, culp, eu, ante, rect, fid, equ, pan, sym, syn......Page 53
Challenging Words: paradigm, telepathy, culpable, euphemism, antediluvian, rectify, infidelity, equivocal, panacea, syndrome......Page 55
Word Parts: phil, mal, spec, omni, hyper, anti, voc, vok, bi, path, ben......Page 63
Challenging Words: philanthropy, malicious, specter, omnipotent, hypertension, antithesis, vociferous, bilingual, empathy, benign......Page 66
REVIEW TEST, CHAPTERS 1–5......Page 73
Word Parts: fi n, gni, gno, bell, clau, clu, ambi, amphi, less, pen, pun, intra, intro, man, luc, lum......Page 79
Challenging Words: finale, cognizant, belligerent, recluse, ambivalence, dauntless, penance, elucidate, introspection, manhandle......Page 81
Word Parts: bon, boun, multi, vert, neo, ful, ous, non, aud, extra, ultra, temp, ward......Page 89
Challenging Words: bounteous, multifaceted, vertigo, neophyte, acrimonious, nondescript, audible, extraneous, contemporary, wayward......Page 91
Word Parts: ann, enn, grad, gress, phon, mor, mort, pos, cap, dia, ness, hetero, homo......Page 99
Challenging Words: annuity, gradient, cacophony, moribund, composure, capricious, diaphanous, blandness, heterogeneous, homogeneous......Page 101
Word Parts: contra, contro, counter, ac, claim, clam, dic, greg, terr, anthrop, fore, se, soph......Page 109
Challenging Words: contraband, exacerbate, clamor, malediction, gregarious, terrain, misanthrope, foreboding, sedition, sophomoric......Page 112
Word Parts: spar, sper, peri, cred, em, en, tact, tang, macro, magn, the, pseudo, vid, vis, gen......Page 119
Challenging Words: disparage, peripatetic, credence, embroil, tangible, magnanimous, monotheism, pseudonym, vis-à-vis, generic......Page 121
REVIEW TEST, CHAPTERS 6–10......Page 129
Word Parts: domin, dys, retro, medi, be, apt, prim, al, pot, ize......Page 135
Challenging Words: domineering, dystrophy, retrograde, medieval, bereft, adaptation, primeval, colloquial, potable, ostracize......Page 138
Challenging Words: impeccable, ephemeral, garrulous, meticulous, nebulous, sagacious, specious, redundant, repudiate, viable......Page 146
Challenging Words: catharsis, dearth, guile, lethargy, affinity, affluence, dichotomy, enigma, banal, clandestine......Page 154
Challenging Words: alienation, collateral, deleterious, felicitous, hypothetical, immutable, aberration, impunity, gullible, trepidation......Page 162
Challenging Words: debacle, deprivation, epitome, fastidious, ubiquitous, garner, latent, ominous, pragmatic, placate......Page 169
Challenging Words: arduous, astute, blatant, covert, cull, decorum, enhance, deterrent, exonerate, inexorable......Page 177
Challenging Words: cogent, rationalize, sordid, eclectic, usurp, inundate, germane, perfunctory, acquiesce, nemesis......Page 185
REVIEW TEST, CHAPTERS 11–17......Page 193
Introduction......Page 199
CHAPTER 18: Literary......Page 200
CHAPTER 19: Oral Communication Terms......Page 206
CHAPTER 20: Psychology Terms......Page 212
CHAPTER 21: Sociology Terms......Page 220
CHAPTER 22: Social Science Terms......Page 227
REVIEW TEST: CHAPTERS 18–22......Page 235
CHAPTER 23: Business and Economic Terms......Page 239
CHAPTER 24: Mathematical Terms and Symbols......Page 246
CHAPTER 25: Biological Science Terms......Page 259
CHAPTER 26: Physical Science Terms......Page 271
CHAPTER 27: Criminal Justice Terms......Page 283
CHAPTER 28: Medical Terms......Page 292
REVIEW TEST: CHAPTER 23–28......Page 303
2. Adverbs......Page 308
3. Conjunctions......Page 309
6. Prepositions......Page 310
8. Verbs......Page 311
Using the Dictionary......Page 312
Index for Confusing Words......Page 314
Index for Academic Terms......Page 315
Index for Bonus Words......Page 317
Index for Challenging Words......Page 318
Index for Idioms Words......Page 319
Index for Word Parts......Page 320