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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... written documents but that scholars are confident did exist ; such a form will be marked by an asterisk ( * ) . We also pro- vide the definition for each word that is an incorrect answer , so you can learn the meanings of all the words ...
... written documents but that scholars are confident did exist ; such a form will be marked by an asterisk ( * ) . We also pro- vide the definition for each word that is an incorrect answer , so you can learn the meanings of all the words ...
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... written declaration made under oath be- fore a notary public or other authorized offi- cer . affidavit indictment inquisition subpoena 28. A deciduous , dioecious tree native to China and having fan - shaped leaves and fleshy ...
... written declaration made under oath be- fore a notary public or other authorized offi- cer . affidavit indictment inquisition subpoena 28. A deciduous , dioecious tree native to China and having fan - shaped leaves and fleshy ...
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... written as 10100 or as 1 followed by 100 zeros . exponent googol infinity sextillion 40. A computer security system designed to pre- vent unauthorized people from gaining ac- cess to a computer network . cordon moat firewall motherboard ...
... written as 10100 or as 1 followed by 100 zeros . exponent googol infinity sextillion 40. A computer security system designed to pre- vent unauthorized people from gaining ac- cess to a computer network . cordon moat firewall motherboard ...
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