Building Vocabulary for College

Building Vocabulary for College introduces a number of useful strategies for learning words and includes activities that encourage retention. The terms featured in this text were selected after consulting college textbooks and standardized tests, dictionaries, vocabulary and reference books, journals and periodicals, and college instructors and students. Section One of the text focuses on students' understanding of word parts--prefixes, suffixes, and roots--to help them decipher unfamiliar words. Section Two familiarizes students with academic terms from a variety of disciplines.