The American Heritage Dictionary Define-A-Thon For The High SchoolgraduateHarperCollins, 3 aug. 2007 - 96 pagini The American Heritage Dictionary Define-a-Thon for the High School Graduate offers an entertaining way to help high school students and graduates become vocabulary masters. Written by the editors of the American Heritage dictionaries, this book will encourage students and parents alike to energize their word power. The book has two parts—a challenge section and an answers section. Each question in the challenge section consists of a definition along with four candidate words, of which only one is correct. The answers section gives the correct answer and shows that word in an example sentence. It also provides word histories and quotations by respected authors. All the candidate words are defined, and there is a separate list of the correct answers for quick look-up. The American Heritage Dictionary Define-a-Thon for the High School Graduate offers a fun and easy way for anyone who enjoys language to get on good terms with some useful new words and to appreciate the importance of a strong vocabulary. |
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... four candidate words , only one of which is correct . The editors have carefully selected both the definitions and the words listed beneath them with the high school graduate in mind , since all the words can be found in the reading and ...
... four candidate words , only one of which is correct . The editors have carefully selected both the definitions and the words listed beneath them with the high school graduate in mind , since all the words can be found in the reading and ...
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... four possible answers . Only one of these answers is correct . It is your job to determine the correct answer . The second part , the Define - a - Thon Word Chal- lenge Revealed , is much more than an answer key . It provides you with a ...
... four possible answers . Only one of these answers is correct . It is your job to determine the correct answer . The second part , the Define - a - Thon Word Chal- lenge Revealed , is much more than an answer key . It provides you with a ...
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... four or more bearers , formerly used in eastern Asia . harlequin lambrequin palanquin spillikin 33. Smelling of mildew or decay ; moldy . decadent numinous fusty reticulate 34. A short piece of music played between sec- tions of a long ...
... four or more bearers , formerly used in eastern Asia . harlequin lambrequin palanquin spillikin 33. Smelling of mildew or decay ; moldy . decadent numinous fusty reticulate 34. A short piece of music played between sec- tions of a long ...
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... four candidate words , of which only one is correct . The answers section gives the correct answers and lets readers learn in greater depth about these words by demonstrating how they are used in context and showing how they have been ...
... four candidate words , of which only one is correct . The answers section gives the correct answers and lets readers learn in greater depth about these words by demonstrating how they are used in context and showing how they have been ...
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