SAT/ACT VOCABULARY WORKBOOKS LEARNED THROUGH SENTENCE CONTEXT - (Redondo Beach, CA)

SAT/ACT VOCABULARY WORKBOOKS LEARNED THROUGH SENTENCE CONTEXT -

VOCABULARY FOR MEANING College Entrance Exam Words Learned through Sentence Context Students cannot score high enough on the English section of college entrance exams without a strong vocabulary. Memorization of new vocabulary words is mostly a tedious ineffective way of retention. Our contextual critical thinking method resolves these two issues by having students analytically engaged in learning new words. This level covers 1600 vocabulary words in sentences formatted in 160 sets consisting of 10 words with their mixed-definitions in each set. This studybook includes all 1600 word pronunciations recorded on 2 CDs to assist students in the pronunciation of each word along with the pronunciation key. This study in contextual meaning facilitates understanding of such test questions as the new SAT sentence completions as well as the critical reading exercises. Included on each page of the book are optional sentence and paragraph writing exercises. The following SAT ACT sample demonstrates the critical thinking learning process in which students learn vocabulary words through studying their sentence context. SAMPLE INSTRUCTIONS Read each sentence carefully look at the italicized word then match its correct definition by writing its number in the blank before the sentence. The answer keys are upside down at the bottom of this page. SET 1 ABANDON n (uh baan duhn) __ He behaved with reckless abandon after he received his inheritance. ABASE v (uh bays) __ My intention was to embarrass the governor not to abase him. ABASH adj. (uh baash) __ He was not at all abashed by her open flirtation. ABATE v (uh bayt) __ My extreme hunger abated as I began to eat. ABDICATE v (aab du kayt) __ He abdicated his presidency of the corporation after they discovered his fraud. ABERRATION n (aa buhr ay shuhn) __ Aberrations in the weather can ruin crops. ABET v (uh beht) __ The jury found that the accused had abetted his wife in the murder. ABEYANCE n (uh bay uhns) __ The baseball game was held in abeyance while it continued to rain. ABHOR v (ab hor) __ I abhor any violation of human rights. ABJECT adj. (aab jekt) __ When we found the abject creature lying on the ground we took it inside and tended to its broken leg. ____________________________________ DEFINITIONS 1. to give up a position right or power 2. to loathe detest 3. total lack of inhibition 4. something different from the usual 5. to aid to act as an accomplice 6. miserable pitiful 7. to humble disgrace 8. temporary suppression or suspension 9. to decrease to reduce 10. embarrassed ____________________________________ SENTENCE WRITING 1. _____________________________________________ _ 2. _____________________________________________ _ 3. _____________________________________________ _ 4. _____________________________________________ _ 5. _____________________________________________ _ Contact vocabularyformeaning(at)gmail.com NOTE Visit our website www.vocabularyformeaning.com for our other levels of vocabulary in context studybooks.