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Improve your vocabulary with simple lessons and activities.

Building your vocabulary requires more than flash cards. That’s why leading test-prep expert, Chris Lele, developed a new method for introducing words into your vocabulary. With The Vocabulary Builder Workbook, you’ll gain and retain a fundamental understanding of more than 1,400 essential words.

Ideal for those taking the SAT, ACT, or GRE―or for those who simply want to practice and boost their reading, writing and speaking skills― this workbook makes the task of expanding your vocabulary an opportunity for real learning and growth.

This vocabulary workbook includes:

EXPERTLY DESIGNED LESSONS: Explore lessons organized by theme to help you identify roots, form associations, and recognize thousands of additional words outside of this workbook.A PROGRESSIVE APPROACH: Build up your vocabulary with lessons that steadily increase in difficulty for continued advancement.RETENTION-FOCUSED ACTIVITIES: Discover exercises designed to help you remember every word long after the test is over.

Increase your vocabulary and become a better reader, writer, and test-taker with The Vocabulary Builder Workbook.

From the Publisher

Publisher ‏ : ‎ Callisto; Workbook edition (March 20, 2018)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 254 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 193975481X
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1939754813
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.6 pounds
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 8 x 0.62 x 10 inches
Reviewer: Tonja Drecker
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Broken down nicely and good exercises
Review: I picked this up form my homeschooled high school student to start preparing for the ACT/SAT in a few years. The book is broken down into many themes, such as prefixes, language origins, common usages, etc. Each lesson is one page and holds around 7-8 words, which can be categorized under the theme. The word is presented along with it's function (noun, adjective, and so forth), and then, the pronunciation is given. A short definition of one line is followed by an example sentence, where the word is used. Then, a sentence or two with interesting tidbits about the origin, related history, or other interesting information surrounding the word is shared. At the end of the page, is an activity box, where the words are quickly revisited in a small exercise. The answers to the exercises are found at the end of the book, along with an index, detailing where each word can be found in the book.It's simple, direct and does a decent job at presenting the words. The simple definition along with interesting facts, do help to remember the word. And the following exercise, although short, is nice. We add quizzes at the end of the week and try to use the words in 'daily use' as well. But we do appreciate this set-up since it adds just a tad bit of extras without steering away from the basics.

Reviewer: Dacia Bradford
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Vocab wonder
Review: This wonderful book is amazing to teach within the classroom to build vocabulary for students. It also provides where these words come from and an extra set of words within each page.It is wonderful to use and I recommend using it to build vocabulary for your fellow students or for yourself.

Reviewer: Carlos Perez
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Helps build your vocabulary
Review: Great book to continue learning your vocabulary. As a professional speaker I review this book constantly to continue improving my vocabulary

Reviewer: J.Lock
Rating: 4.0 out of 5 stars
Title: This is good for older students.
Review: I really like this book.. but it's above 6th grade level.. so I will put it away for High School

Reviewer: apoem
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Wow. Lots of words.
Review: I couldn't find where it gave a grade level for this book. I would say it's going to be great for people who want to improve their vocabulary for test taking at the high school and college level.This book is split up into sections such as 'Words with French Origins' or 'Animal Vocabulary' etc.Each section might be 2 -4 or 6 pages long. It covers a wide range of words.On each page there is about six vocabulary words. I'm not sure of the distinction but there are three or four main words and then in a little box on the side with another three or four words. All of them pertaining to the section.Each word is defined and a sentence is provided so you can see the word in action.At the bottom of each page there is a little quiz on those words. The quiz might have four or five questions and the format changes. One page might have a multiple choice questions and another page might have a fill in the blank quiz. The important thing is it gives you an opportunity to practice using those words.With all of that said, I don't think I'd call this a workbook so much as a review of vocabulary. If there were longer quizzes or more review or even if the quizzes would continually test words from previous pages then that would be much more helpful.IF you are about to take a big test and want to improve your vocabulary or refresh it, this would be a great option. I use this in my homeschooling with my high school kids. If you are getting ready to take the ACT or GRE this would probably be a helpful resource provided you have time to read the words, practice them and study them. If you want a word of the day to increase your personal vocabulary, this would be a useful book because often you will see opposites together on the same page so you can learn 2-3 words at once.

Reviewer: MEHUL DESAI
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Very valuable for SAT prep
Review: Much easier to digest compared to other books that try to improve vocabulary.

Reviewer: C. Becker
Rating: 3.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Great idea but needs editing
Review: I teach local SAT prep courses, and I am considering adding a vocabulary book to my curriculum. This book looked like what I needed and had great reviews, so I purchased a copy to look over. I immediately noticed a mistake. The table of contents has a phonetic spelling beside the word "contents" which indicates it should be pronounced like the adjective "content." That did not concern me too much since the pronunciation of that word is apparently there just for fun. But then as I quickly flipped through the book, I noticed many other pronunciation issues. For example, "introvert" and "extrovert" both had the accent on the wrong syllable. I saw many multi-syllable words that were missing an accent mark altogether. Maybe there are no mistakes in the definitions and word histories, but I certainly don't have time to check them all before I tell my students what book to buy. I'm disappointed that I will not be able to use this book. I need one that I can trust: I can't afford to use my prep time looking for errors and my class time having my students write in corrections.

Reviewer: Susanne
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Never too old to learn
Review: I like to learn something new as much as possible. I play many word games, so this book teaches me words I never knew or spoke. It is a very nice, and informative book. I am glad that I purchased it.

Reviewer: Sun
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
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Review: All vocabs are grouped. It is way easier to remember the words with same / opposite meanings. I am totally amazed by the arrangement

Reviewer: Rene
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
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Review: Este libro me lo recomendó un amigo que es de nacionalidad China y que vive en NY , es una excelente herramienta para enriquecer el vocabulario.

Reviewer: Alexis Leon
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
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Review: This book is one of the most accessible vocabulary builder books I have encountered. It is better than flashcards as it is organized based on several themes that are easy to learn and master new words. The exercises at the end of each lesson (one per page) help you check and revise what you have learned. A must-have for anyone who wants to improve their vocabulary--from beginner to advanced learners.

Reviewer: Babs from Hartlepool
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
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Review: I find this book really helpful on brushing up on my vocabulary, lots of words and easy to follow and understand. I’m glad I bought this book it’s very helpful.

Reviewer: Rosa Sarra
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
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Review: Amazon velocissimo e comodo specie se cerchi libri particolari.