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Columbia Common English Usage Mistakes at TOEFL is compiled to help you learn the absolutely essential grammar testing points and avoid the most common mistakes at TOEFL to raise your score! It has twenty lessons with each one having the following outstanding features: 1. ERROR EXAMPLES: show you what kinds of mistakes most often made at TOEFL and how to correct them; 2. GRAMMAR GUIDES: teach you the grammar rules absolutely essential to raise your TOEFL score; 3. PRACTICE TESTS: Use sample Sentence Correction and Sentence Completion questions to test your grammar power and readiness for the real TOEFL; 4. ANSWER KEYS: provide answers and explanations to help you avoid the mistakes forever to score higher on the TOEFL! Columbia Common English Usage Mistakes at TOEFL is your grammar Bible! With the help of our fun and effective way to learn all the essential grammar testing points, you will be able to score higher on the TOEFL guaranteed!

TO THE STUDENT The shortest and best way of learning a language is to know the roots of it, that is, those original primitive words from which other words are formed. -- Lord Chesterfield Columbia 1000 Words You Must Know for ESL presents 1000 most frequently tested words for ESL. You will find 100 vocabulary-building lessons in Books 1 - 3. Each lesson contains 10 new words and they are first presented to you with Memory Tips; next, New Words are listed in rhyming memory groups and followed by Sample Sentences; the last part of the lesson are Sentence Completion and Definition Matching practice tests with answers. One of the most outstanding features of this book is that each new word is repeated at least five times in a lesson so that you will have a much better chance to memorize it more easily. Columbia 1000 Words You Must Know for ESL is designed to help you master all the absolutely essential ESL words using our most effective memory method: A Roots and Rhyming Memory Approach. Let's take the word "aberration" for example and see how this exciting new memory method can help you find the shortest and best way to memorize new words and build a large vocabulary: 1. MEMORY TIPS: Memorizing words with the help of Roots, Prefixes, and Suffixes. ion condition or action; as aberration, ration, inflation, temptation, abbreviation 2. NEW WORDS: New Words are arranged in rhyming groups for easy memory. aberration, ration, inflation, temptation, abbreviation ABERRATION n. departure from what is right or true rhyming sound -ation 3. SAMPLE SENTENCES: Sample Sentences are given to help you memorize words in context. This complexity is not an aberration or something to be wished away, it is the new reality. 4. SENTENCE COMPLETION: Sentence Completion is designed to help you memorize words through tests. The patient's only _____________ was a temporary lapse of memory.(aberration) 5. DEFINITION MATCHING: Definition Matching is designed to help you memorize words through repetition. departure from what is right or true _________________________ (aberration) In this example, the repeated appearance of the word "aberration" in the lesson makes it easy for you to memorize. Therefore you can see that only by repeated practice or reinforcement of a new word under different circumstances can you really memorize it so unconsciously that you will never forget. Human memory, like the unconscious, is structured like a language. Once you have memorized a new word, it will stay in your unconscious and become part of yourself. Whenever you need it, it will come to you automatically just like the flowers coming in the spring: it is natural! Columbia 1000 Words You Must Know for ESL is both a self-help book and a textbook for classroom use. It is the only vocabulary book you will ever need to master the most often tested words on the ESL. If you can spend about 25 minutes a day with this book, you will definitely help yourself expand your vocabulary, build up your word power, and raise your score on the ESL. CONTENTS Unit 1 jocund, refund, rotund, moribund, rubicund laborious, pernicious, avaricious, inauspicious, prejudicious Unit 2 lacerate, advocate, consolidate, intimidate, precipitate lambent, nascent, imminent, penitent, pertinent Unit 3 lampoon, lagoon, monsoon, platoon, tycoon largess, digress, duress, obsess, transgress Unit 4 legion, fusion, precision, profusion, introversion lucrative, abortive, conducive, cumulative, diminutive Unit 5 lull, dull, gull, null, skull lurid, rid, acrid, forbid, rigid ....

TO THE STUDENT The shortest and best way of learning a language is to know the roots of it, that is, those original primitive words from which other words are formed. -- Lord Chesterfield Columbia 1000 Words You Must Know for LPI presents 1000 most frequently tested words for LPI. You will find 100 vocabulary-building lessons in Books 1 - 3. Each lesson contains 10 new words and they are first presented to you with Memory Tips; next, New Words are listed in rhyming memory groups and followed by Sample Sentences; the last part of the lesson are Sentence Completion and Definition Matching practice tests with answers. One of the most outstanding features of this book is that each new word is repeated at least five times in a lesson so that you will have a much better chance to memorize it more easily. Columbia 1000 Words You Must Know for LPI is designed to help you master all the absolutely essential LPI words using our most effective memory method: A Roots and Rhyming Memory Approach. Let's take the word "aberration" for example and see how this exciting new memory method can help you find the shortest and best way to memorize new words and build a large vocabulary: 1. MEMORY TIPS: Memorizing words with the help of Roots, Prefixes, and Suffixes. ion condition or action; as aberration, ration, inflation, temptation, abbreviation 2. NEW WORDS: New Words are arranged in rhyming groups for easy memory. aberration, ration, inflation, temptation, abbreviation ABERRATION n. departure from what is right or true rhyming sound -ation 3. SAMPLE SENTENCES: Sample Sentences are given to help you memorize words in context. This complexity is not an aberration or something to be wished away, it is the new reality. 4. SENTENCE COMPLETION: Sentence Completion is designed to help you memorize words through tests. The patient's only _____________ was a temporary lapse of memory.(aberration) 5. DEFINITION MATCHING: Definition Matching is designed to help you memorize words through repetition. departure from what is right or true _________________________ (aberration) In this example, the repeated appearance of the word "aberration" in the lesson makes it easy for you to memorize. Therefore you can see that only by repeated practice or reinforcement of a new word under different circumstances can you really memorize it so unconsciously that you will never forget. Human memory, like the unconscious, is structured like a language. Once you have memorized a new word, it will stay in your unconscious and become part of yourself. Whenever you need it, it will come to you automatically just like the flowers coming in the spring: it is natural! Columbia 1000 Words You Must Know for LPI is both a self-help book and a textbook for classroom use. It is the only vocabulary book you will ever need to master the most often tested words on the LPI. If you can spend about 25 minutes a day with this book, you will definitely help yourself expand your vocabulary, build up your word power, and raise your score on the LPI. CONTENTS Unit 1 jocund, refund, rotund, moribund, rubicund laborious, pernicious, avaricious, inauspicious, prejudicious Unit 2 lacerate, advocate, consolidate, intimidate, precipitate lambent, nascent, imminent, penitent, pertinent Unit 3 lampoon, lagoon, monsoon, platoon, tycoon largess, digress, duress, obsess, transgress Unit 4 legion, fusion, precision, profusion, introversion lucrative, abortive, conducive, cumulative, diminutive Unit 5 lull, dull, gull, null, skull lurid, rid, acrid, forbid, rigid ....

TO THE STUDENT The shortest and best way of learning a language is to know the roots of it, that is, those original primitive words from which other words are formed. -- Lord Chesterfield Columbia 1000 Words You Must Know for LPI presents 1000 most frequently tested words for LPI. You will find 100 vocabulary-building lessons in Books 1 - 3. Each lesson contains 10 new words and they are first presented to you with Memory Tips; next, New Words are listed in rhyming memory groups and followed by Sample Sentences; the last part of the lesson are Sentence Completion and Definition Matching practice tests with answers. One of the most outstanding features of this book is that each new word is repeated at least five times in a lesson so that you will have a much better chance to memorize it more easily. Columbia 1000 Words You Must Know for LPI is designed to help you master all the absolutely essential LPI words using our most effective memory method: A Roots and Rhyming Memory Approach. Let's take the word "aberration" for example and see how this exciting new memory method can help you find the shortest and best way to memorize new words and build a large vocabulary: 1. MEMORY TIPS: Memorizing words with the help of Roots, Prefixes, and Suffixes. ion condition or action; as aberration, ration, inflation, temptation, abbreviation 2. NEW WORDS: New Words are arranged in rhyming groups for easy memory. aberration, ration, inflation, temptation, abbreviation ABERRATION n. departure from what is right or true rhyming sound -ation 3. SAMPLE SENTENCES: Sample Sentences are given to help you memorize words in context. This complexity is not an aberration or something to be wished away, it is the new reality. 4. SENTENCE COMPLETION: Sentence Completion is designed to help you memorize words through tests. The patient's only _____________ was a temporary lapse of memory.(aberration) 5. DEFINITION MATCHING: Definition Matching is designed to help you memorize words through repetition. departure from what is right or true _________________________ (aberration) In this example, the repeated appearance of the word "aberration" in the lesson makes it easy for you to memorize. Therefore you can see that only by repeated practice or reinforcement of a new word under different circumstances can you really memorize it so unconsciously that you will never forget. Human memory, like the unconscious, is structured like a language. Once you have memorized a new word, it will stay in your unconscious and become part of yourself. Whenever you need it, it will come to you automatically just like the flowers coming in the spring: it is natural! Columbia 1000 Words You Must Know for LPI is both a self-help book and a textbook for classroom use. It is the only vocabulary book you will ever need to master the most often tested words on the LPI. If you can spend about 25 minutes a day with this book, you will definitely help yourself expand your vocabulary, build up your word power, and raise your score on the LPI. CONTENTS Unit 1 aback, crack, rack, ransack, counterattack aberration, ration, inflation, temptation, abbreviation Unit 2 abet, asset, beget, cadet, regret abhor, decor, mentor, metaphor, ambassador Unit 3 abide, collide, confide, subside, homicide abject, affect, defect, neglect, prospect Unit 4 abjure, conjure, endure, obscure, immature abominate, accelerate, accumulate, excoriate, matriculate Unit 5 abstain, constrain, detain, domain, refrain abstruse, diffuse, effuse, profuse, recluse ....

TO THE STUDENT The shortest and best way of learning a language is to know the roots of it, that is, those original primitive words from which other words are formed. -- Lord Chesterfield Columbia 1000 Words You Must Know for PSAT/NMSQT presents 1000 most frequently tested words for PSAT/NMSQT. You will find 100 vocabulary-building lessons in Books 1 - 3. Each lesson contains 10 new words and they are first presented to you with Memory Tips; next, New Words are listed in rhyming memory groups and followed by Sample Sentences; the last part of the lesson are Sentence Completion and Definition Matching practice tests with answers. One of the most outstanding features of this book is that each new word is repeated at least five times in a lesson so that you will have a much better chance to memorize it more easily. Columbia 1000 Words You Must Know for PSAT/NMSQT is designed to help you master all the absolutely essential PSAT/NMSQT words using our most effective memory method: A Roots and Rhyming Memory Approach. Let's take the word "aberration" for example and see how this exciting new memory method can help you find the shortest and best way to memorize new words and build a large vocabulary: 1. MEMORY TIPS: Memorizing words with the help of Roots, Prefixes, and Suffixes. ion condition or action; as aberration, ration, inflation, temptation, abbreviation 2. NEW WORDS: New Words are arranged in rhyming groups for easy memory. aberration, ration, inflation, temptation, abbreviation ABERRATION n. departure from what is right or true rhyming sound -ation 3. SAMPLE SENTENCES: Sample Sentences are given to help you memorize words in context. This complexity is not an aberration or something to be wished away, it is the new reality. 4. SENTENCE COMPLETION: Sentence Completion is designed to help you memorize words through tests. The patient's only _____________ was a temporary lapse of memory.(aberration) 5. DEFINITION MATCHING: Definition Matching is designed to help you memorize words through repetition. departure from what is right or true _________________________ (aberration) In this example, the repeated appearance of the word "aberration" in the lesson makes it easy for you to memorize. Therefore you can see that only by repeated practice or reinforcement of a new word under different circumstances can you really memorize it so unconsciously that you will never forget. Human memory, like the unconscious, is structured like a language. Once you have memorized a new word, it will stay in your unconscious and become part of yourself. Whenever you need it, it will come to you automatically just like the flowers coming in the spring: it is natural! Columbia 1000 Words You Must Know for PSAT/NMSQT is both a self-help book and a textbook for classroom use. It is the only vocabulary book you will ever need to master the most often tested words on the PSAT/NMSQT. If you can spend about 25 minutes a day with this book, you will definitely help yourself expand your vocabulary, build up your word power, and raise your score on the PSAT/NMSQT. CONTENTS Unit 1 jocund, refund, rotund, moribund, rubicund laborious, pernicious, avaricious, inauspicious, prejudicious Unit 2 lacerate, advocate, consolidate, intimidate, precipitate lambent, nascent, imminent, penitent, pertinent Unit 3 lampoon, lagoon, monsoon, platoon, tycoon largess, digress, duress, obsess, transgress Unit 4 legion, fusion, precision, profusion, introversion lucrative, abortive, conducive, cumulative, diminutive Unit 5 lull, dull, gull, null, skull lurid, rid, acrid, forbid, rigid ....

TO THE STUDENT The shortest and best way of learning a language is to know the roots of it, that is, those original primitive words from which other words are formed. -- Lord Chesterfield Columbia 1000 Words You Must Know for PSAT/NMSQT presents 1000 most frequently tested words for PSAT/NMSQT. You will find 100 vocabulary-building lessons in Books 1 - 3. Each lesson contains 10 new words and they are first presented to you with Memory Tips; next, New Words are listed in rhyming memory groups and followed by Sample Sentences; the last part of the lesson are Sentence Completion and Definition Matching practice tests with answers. One of the most outstanding features of this book is that each new word is repeated at least five times in a lesson so that you will have a much better chance to memorize it more easily. Columbia 1000 Words You Must Know for PSAT/NMSQT is designed to help you master all the absolutely essential PSAT/NMSQT words using our most effective memory method: A Roots and Rhyming Memory Approach. Let's take the word "aberration" for example and see how this exciting new memory method can help you find the shortest and best way to memorize new words and build a large vocabulary: 1. MEMORY TIPS: Memorizing words with the help of Roots, Prefixes, and Suffixes. ion condition or action; as aberration, ration, inflation, temptation, abbreviation 2. NEW WORDS: New Words are arranged in rhyming groups for easy memory. aberration, ration, inflation, temptation, abbreviation ABERRATION n. departure from what is right or true rhyming sound -ation 3. SAMPLE SENTENCES: Sample Sentences are given to help you memorize words in context. This complexity is not an aberration or something to be wished away, it is the new reality. 4. SENTENCE COMPLETION: Sentence Completion is designed to help you memorize words through tests. The patient's only _____________ was a temporary lapse of memory.(aberration) 5. DEFINITION MATCHING: Definition Matching is designed to help you memorize words through repetition. departure from what is right or true _________________________ (aberration) In this example, the repeated appearance of the word "aberration" in the lesson makes it easy for you to memorize. Therefore you can see that only by repeated practice or reinforcement of a new word under different circumstances can you really memorize it so unconsciously that you will never forget. Human memory, like the unconscious, is structured like a language. Once you have memorized a new word, it will stay in your unconscious and become part of yourself. Whenever you need it, it will come to you automatically just like the flowers coming in the spring: it is natural! Columbia 1000 Words You Must Know for PSAT/NMSQT is both a self-help book and a textbook for classroom use. It is the only vocabulary book you will ever need to master the most often tested words on the PSAT/NMSQT. If you can spend about 25 minutes a day with this book, you will definitely help yourself expand your vocabulary, build up your word power, and raise your score on the PSAT/NMSQT. CONTENTS Unit 1 aback, crack, rack, ransack, counterattack aberration, ration, inflation, temptation, abbreviation Unit 2 abet, asset, beget, cadet, regret abhor, decor, mentor, metaphor, ambassador Unit 3 abide, collide, confide, subside, homicide abject, affect, defect, neglect, prospect Unit 4 abjure, conjure, endure, obscure, immature abominate, accelerate, accumulate, excoriate, matriculate Unit 5 abstain, constrain, detain, domain, refrain abstruse, diffuse, effuse, profuse, recluse ....

TO THE STUDENT The shortest and best way of learning a language is to know the roots of it, that is, those original primitive words from which other words are formed. -- Lord Chesterfield Columbia 1000 Words You Must Know for TOEIC presents 1000 most frequently tested words for TOEIC. You will find 100 vocabulary-building lessons in Books 1 - 3. Each lesson contains 10 new words and they are first presented to you with Memory Tips; next, New Words are listed in rhyming memory groups and followed by Sample Sentences; the last part of the lesson are Sentence Completion and Definition Matching practice tests with answers. One of the most outstanding features of this book is that each new word is repeated at least five times in a lesson so that you will have a much better chance to memorize it more easily. Columbia 1000 Words You Must Know for TOEIC is designed to help you master all the absolutely essential TOEIC words using our most effective memory method: A Roots and Rhyming Memory Approach. Let's take the word "aberration" for example and see how this exciting new memory method can help you find the shortest and best way to memorize new words and build a large vocabulary: 1. MEMORY TIPS: Memorizing words with the help of Roots, Prefixes, and Suffixes. ion condition or action; as aberration, ration, inflation, temptation, abbreviation 2. NEW WORDS: New Words are arranged in rhyming groups for easy memory. aberration, ration, inflation, temptation, abbreviation ABERRATION n. departure from what is right or true rhyming sound -ation 3. SAMPLE SENTENCES: Sample Sentences are given to help you memorize words in context. This complexity is not an aberration or something to be wished away, it is the new reality. 4. SENTENCE COMPLETION: Sentence Completion is designed to help you memorize words through tests. The patient's only _____________ was a temporary lapse of memory.(aberration) 5. DEFINITION MATCHING: Definition Matching is designed to help you memorize words through repetition. departure from what is right or true _________________________ (aberration) In this example, the repeated appearance of the word "aberration" in the lesson makes it easy for you to memorize. Therefore you can see that only by repeated practice or reinforcement of a new word under different circumstances can you really memorize it so unconsciously that you will never forget. Human memory, like the unconscious, is structured like a language. Once you have memorized a new word, it will stay in your unconscious and become part of yourself. Whenever you need it, it will come to you automatically just like the flowers coming in the spring: it is natural! Columbia 1000 Words You Must Know for TOEIC is both a self-help book and a textbook for classroom use. It is the only vocabulary book you will ever need to master the most often tested words on the TOEIC. If you can spend about 25 minutes a day with this book, you will definitely help yourself expand your vocabulary, build up your word power, and raise your score on the TOEIC. CONTENTS Unit 1 jocund, refund, rotund, moribund, rubicund laborious, pernicious, avaricious, inauspicious, prejudicious Unit 2 lacerate, advocate, consolidate, intimidate, precipitate lambent, nascent, imminent, penitent, pertinent Unit 3 lampoon, lagoon, monsoon, platoon, tycoon largess, digress, duress, obsess, transgress Unit 4 legion, fusion, precision, profusion, introversion lucrative, abortive, conducive, cumulative, diminutive Unit 5 lull, dull, gull, null, skull lurid, rid, acrid, forbid, rigid ....

TO THE STUDENT The shortest and best way of learning a language is to know the roots of it, that is, those original primitive words from which other words are formed. -- Lord Chesterfield Columbia 1000 Words You Must Know for TOEIC presents 1000 most frequently tested words for TOEIC. You will find 100 vocabulary-building lessons in Books 1 - 3. Each lesson contains 10 new words and they are first presented to you with Memory Tips; next, New Words are listed in rhyming memory groups and followed by Sample Sentences; the last part of the lesson are Sentence Completion and Definition Matching practice tests with answers. One of the most outstanding features of this book is that each new word is repeated at least five times in a lesson so that you will have a much better chance to memorize it more easily. Columbia 1000 Words You Must Know for TOEIC is designed to help you master all the absolutely essential TOEIC words using our most effective memory method: A Roots and Rhyming Memory Approach. Let's take the word "aberration" for example and see how this exciting new memory method can help you find the shortest and best way to memorize new words and build a large vocabulary: 1. MEMORY TIPS: Memorizing words with the help of Roots, Prefixes, and Suffixes. ion condition or action; as aberration, ration, inflation, temptation, abbreviation 2. NEW WORDS: New Words are arranged in rhyming groups for easy memory. aberration, ration, inflation, temptation, abbreviation ABERRATION n. departure from what is right or true rhyming sound -ation 3. SAMPLE SENTENCES: Sample Sentences are given to help you memorize words in context. This complexity is not an aberration or something to be wished away, it is the new reality. 4. SENTENCE COMPLETION: Sentence Completion is designed to help you memorize words through tests. The patient's only _____________ was a temporary lapse of memory.(aberration) 5. DEFINITION MATCHING: Definition Matching is designed to help you memorize words through repetition. departure from what is right or true _________________________ (aberration) In this example, the repeated appearance of the word "aberration" in the lesson makes it easy for you to memorize. Therefore you can see that only by repeated practice or reinforcement of a new word under different circumstances can you really memorize it so unconsciously that you will never forget. Human memory, like the unconscious, is structured like a language. Once you have memorized a new word, it will stay in your unconscious and become part of yourself. Whenever you need it, it will come to you automatically just like the flowers coming in the spring: it is natural! Columbia 1000 Words You Must Know for TOEIC is both a self-help book and a textbook for classroom use. It is the only vocabulary book you will ever need to master the most often tested words on the TOEIC. If you can spend about 25 minutes a day with this book, you will definitely help yourself expand your vocabulary, build up your word power, and raise your score on the TOEIC. CONTENTS Unit 1 aback, crack, rack, ransack, counterattack aberration, ration, inflation, temptation, abbreviation Unit 2 abet, asset, beget, cadet, regret abhor, decor, mentor, metaphor, ambassador Unit 3 abide, collide, confide, subside, homicide abject, affect, defect, neglect, prospect Unit 4 abjure, conjure, endure, obscure, immature abominate, accelerate, accumulate, excoriate, matriculate Unit 5 abstain, constrain, detain, domain, refrain abstruse, diffuse, effuse, profuse, recluse ....

TO THE STUDENT The shortest and best way of learning a language is to know the roots of it, that is, those original primitive words from which other words are formed. -- Lord Chesterfield Columbia 1000 Words You Must Know for ACT presents 1000 most frequently tested words for ACT. You will find 100 vocabulary-building lessons in Books 1 - 3. Each lesson contains 10 new words and they are first presented to you with Memory Tips; next, New Words are listed in rhyming memory groups and followed by Sample Sentences; the last part of the lesson are Sentence Completion and Definition Matching practice tests with answers. One of the most outstanding features of this book is that each new word is repeated at least five times in a lesson so that you will have a much better chance to memorize it more easily. Columbia 1000 Words You Must Know for ACT is designed to help you master all the absolutely essential ACT words using our most effective memory method: A Roots and Rhyming Memory Approach. Let's take the word "aberration" for example and see how this exciting new memory method can help you find the shortest and best way to memorize new words and build a large vocabulary: 1. MEMORY TIPS: Memorizing words with the help of Roots, Prefixes, and Suffixes. ion condition or action; as aberration, ration, inflation, temptation, abbreviation 2. NEW WORDS: New Words are arranged in rhyming groups for easy memory. aberration, ration, inflation, temptation, abbreviation ABERRATION n. departure from what is right or true rhyming sound -ation 3. SAMPLE SENTENCES: Sample Sentences are given to help you memorize words in context. This complexity is not an aberration or something to be wished away, it is the new reality. 4. SENTENCE COMPLETION: Sentence Completion is designed to help you memorize words through tests. The patient's only _____________ was a temporary lapse of memory.(aberration) 5. DEFINITION MATCHING: Definition Matching is designed to help you memorize words through repetition. departure from what is right or true _________________________ (aberration) In this example, the repeated appearance of the word "aberration" in the lesson makes it easy for you to memorize. Therefore you can see that only by repeated practice or reinforcement of a new word under different circumstances can you really memorize it so unconsciously that you will never forget. Human memory, like the unconscious, is structured like a language. Once you have memorized a new word, it will stay in your unconscious and become part of yourself. Whenever you need it, it will come to you automatically just like the flowers coming in the spring: it is natural! Columbia 1000 Words You Must Know for ACT is both a self-help book and a textbook for classroom use. It is the only vocabulary book you will ever need to master the most often tested words on the ACT. If you can spend about 25 minutes a day with this book, you will definitely help yourself expand your vocabulary, build up your word power, and raise your score on the ACT. CONTENTS Unit 1 jocund, refund, rotund, moribund, rubicund laborious, pernicious, avaricious, inauspicious, prejudicious Unit 2 lacerate, advocate, consolidate, intimidate, precipitate lambent, nascent, imminent, penitent, pertinent Unit 3 lampoon, lagoon, monsoon, platoon, tycoon largess, digress, duress, obsess, transgress Unit 4 legion, fusion, precision, profusion, introversion lucrative, abortive, conducive, cumulative, diminutive Unit 5 lull, dull, gull, null, skull lurid, rid, acrid, forbid, rigid ....

TO THE STUDENT The shortest and best way of learning a language is to know the roots of it, that is, those original primitive words from which other words are formed. -- Lord Chesterfield Columbia 1000 Words You Must Know for ACT presents 1000 most frequently tested words for ACT. You will find 100 vocabulary-building lessons in Books 1 - 3. Each lesson contains 10 new words and they are first presented to you with Memory Tips; next, New Words are listed in rhyming memory groups and followed by Sample Sentences; the last part of the lesson are Sentence Completion and Definition Matching practice tests with answers. One of the most outstanding features of this book is that each new word is repeated at least five times in a lesson so that you will have a much better chance to memorize it more easily. Columbia 1000 Words You Must Know for ACT is designed to help you master all the absolutely essential ACT words using our most effective memory method: A Roots and Rhyming Memory Approach. Let's take the word "aberration" for example and see how this exciting new memory method can help you find the shortest and best way to memorize new words and build a large vocabulary: 1. MEMORY TIPS: Memorizing words with the help of Roots, Prefixes, and Suffixes. ion condition or action; as aberration, ration, inflation, temptation, abbreviation 2. NEW WORDS: New Words are arranged in rhyming groups for easy memory. aberration, ration, inflation, temptation, abbreviation ABERRATION n. departure from what is right or true rhyming sound -ation 3. SAMPLE SENTENCES: Sample Sentences are given to help you memorize words in context. This complexity is not an aberration or something to be wished away, it is the new reality. 4. SENTENCE COMPLETION: Sentence Completion is designed to help you memorize words through tests. The patient's only _____________ was a temporary lapse of memory.(aberration) 5. DEFINITION MATCHING: Definition Matching is designed to help you memorize words through repetition. departure from what is right or true _________________________ (aberration) In this example, the repeated appearance of the word "aberration" in the lesson makes it easy for you to memorize. Therefore you can see that only by repeated practice or reinforcement of a new word under different circumstances can you really memorize it so unconsciously that you will never forget. Human memory, like the unconscious, is structured like a language. Once you have memorized a new word, it will stay in your unconscious and become part of yourself. Whenever you need it, it will come to you automatically just like the flowers coming in the spring: it is natural! Columbia 1000 Words You Must Know for ACT is both a self-help book and a textbook for classroom use. It is the only vocabulary book you will ever need to master the most often tested words on the ACT. If you can spend about 25 minutes a day with this book, you will definitely help yourself expand your vocabulary, build up your word power, and raise your score on the ACT. CONTENTS Unit 1 aback, crack, rack, ransack, counterattack aberration, ration, inflation, temptation, abbreviation Unit 2 abet, asset, beget, cadet, regret abhor, decor, mentor, metaphor, ambassador Unit 3 abide, collide, confide, subside, homicide abject, affect, defect, neglect, prospect Unit 4 abjure, conjure, endure, obscure, immature abominate, accelerate, accumulate, excoriate, matriculate Unit 5 abstain, constrain, detain, domain, refrain abstruse, diffuse, effuse, profuse, recluse ....

TO THE STUDENT The shortest and best way of learning a language is to know the roots of it, that is, those original primitive words from which other words are formed. -- Lord Chesterfield Columbia 1000 Words You Must Know for SAT presents 1000 most frequently tested words for SAT. You will find 100 vocabulary-building lessons in Books 1 - 3. Each lesson contains 10 new words and they are first presented to you with Memory Tips; next, New Words are listed in rhyming memory groups and followed by Sample Sentences; the last part of the lesson are Sentence Completion and Definition Matching practice tests with answers. One of the most outstanding features of this book is that each new word is repeated at least five times in a lesson so that you will have a much better chance to memorize it more easily. Columbia 1000 Words You Must Know for SAT is designed to help you master all the absolutely essential SAT words using our most effective memory method: A Roots and Rhyming Memory Approach. Let's take the word "aberration" for example and see how this exciting new memory method can help you find the shortest and best way to memorize new words and build a large vocabulary: 1. MEMORY TIPS: Memorizing words with the help of Roots, Prefixes, and Suffixes. ion condition or action; as aberration, ration, inflation, temptation, abbreviation 2. NEW WORDS: New Words are arranged in rhyming groups for easy memory. aberration, ration, inflation, temptation, abbreviation ABERRATION n. departure from what is right or true rhyming sound -ation 3. SAMPLE SENTENCES: Sample Sentences are given to help you memorize words in context. This complexity is not an aberration or something to be wished away, it is the new reality. 4. SENTENCE COMPLETION: Sentence Completion is designed to help you memorize words through tests. The patient's only _____________ was a temporary lapse of memory.(aberration) 5. DEFINITION MATCHING: Definition Matching is designed to help you memorize words through repetition. departure from what is right or true _________________________ (aberration) In this example, the repeated appearance of the word "aberration" in the lesson makes it easy for you to memorize. Therefore you can see that only by repeated practice or reinforcement of a new word under different circumstances can you really memorize it so unconsciously that you will never forget. Human memory, like the unconscious, is structured like a language. Once you have memorized a new word, it will stay in your unconscious and become part of yourself. Whenever you need it, it will come to you automatically just like the flowers coming in the spring: it is natural! Columbia 1000 Words You Must Know for SAT is both a self-help book and a textbook for classroom use. It is the only vocabulary book you will ever need to master the most often tested words on the SAT. If you can spend about 25 minutes a day with this book, you will definitely help yourself expand your vocabulary, build up your word power, and raise your score on the SAT. CONTENTS Unit 1 jocund, refund, rotund, moribund, rubicund laborious, pernicious, avaricious, inauspicious, prejudicious Unit 2 lacerate, advocate, consolidate, intimidate, precipitate lambent, nascent, imminent, penitent, pertinent Unit 3 lampoon, lagoon, monsoon, platoon, tycoon largess, digress, duress, obsess, transgress Unit 4 legion, fusion, precision, profusion, introversion lucrative, abortive, conducive, cumulative, diminutive Unit 5 lull, dull, gull, null, skull lurid, rid, acrid, forbid, rigid ....

TO THE STUDENT The shortest and best way of learning a language is to know the roots of it, that is, those original primitive words from which other words are formed. -- Lord Chesterfield Columbia 1000 Words You Must Know for SAT presents 1000 most frequently tested words for SAT. You will find 100 vocabulary-building lessons in Books 1 - 3. Each lesson contains 10 new words and they are first presented to you with Memory Tips; next, New Words are listed in rhyming memory groups and followed by Sample Sentences; the last part of the lesson are Sentence Completion and Definition Matching practice tests with answers. One of the most outstanding features of this book is that each new word is repeated at least five times in a lesson so that you will have a much better chance to memorize it more easily. Columbia 1000 Words You Must Know for SAT is designed to help you master all the absolutely essential SAT words using our most effective memory method: A Roots and Rhyming Memory Approach. Let's take the word "aberration" for example and see how this exciting new memory method can help you find the shortest and best way to memorize new words and build a large vocabulary: 1. MEMORY TIPS: Memorizing words with the help of Roots, Prefixes, and Suffixes. ion condition or action; as aberration, ration, inflation, temptation, abbreviation 2. NEW WORDS: New Words are arranged in rhyming groups for easy memory. aberration, ration, inflation, temptation, abbreviation ABERRATION n. departure from what is right or true rhyming sound -ation 3. SAMPLE SENTENCES: Sample Sentences are given to help you memorize words in context. This complexity is not an aberration or something to be wished away, it is the new reality. 4. SENTENCE COMPLETION: Sentence Completion is designed to help you memorize words through tests. The patient's only _____________ was a temporary lapse of memory.(aberration) 5. DEFINITION MATCHING: Definition Matching is designed to help you memorize words through repetition. departure from what is right or true _________________________ (aberration) In this example, the repeated appearance of the word "aberration" in the lesson makes it easy for you to memorize. Therefore you can see that only by repeated practice or reinforcement of a new word under different circumstances can you really memorize it so unconsciously that you will never forget. Human memory, like the unconscious, is structured like a language. Once you have memorized a new word, it will stay in your unconscious and become part of yourself. Whenever you need it, it will come to you automatically just like the flowers coming in the spring: it is natural! Columbia 1000 Words You Must Know for SAT is both a self-help book and a textbook for classroom use. It is the only vocabulary book you will ever need to master the most often tested words on the SAT. If you can spend about 25 minutes a day with this book, you will definitely help yourself expand your vocabulary, build up your word power, and raise your score on the SAT. CONTENTS Unit 1 aback, crack, rack, ransack, counterattack aberration, ration, inflation, temptation, abbreviation Unit 2 abet, asset, beget, cadet, regret abhor, decor, mentor, metaphor, ambassador Unit 3 abide, collide, confide, subside, homicide abject, affect, defect, neglect, prospect Unit 4 abjure, conjure, endure, obscure, immature abominate, accelerate, accumulate, excoriate, matriculate Unit 5 abstain, constrain, detain, domain, refrain abstruse, diffuse, effuse, profuse, recluse ....

TO THE STUDENT The shortest and best way of learning a language is to know the roots of it, that is, those original primitive words from which other words are formed. -- Lord Chesterfield Columbia 1000 Words You Must Know for GMAT presents 1000 most frequently tested words for GMAT. You will find 100 vocabulary-building lessons in Books 1 - 3. Each lesson contains 10 new words and they are first presented to you with Memory Tips; next, New Words are listed in rhyming memory groups and followed by Sample Sentences; the last part of the lesson are Sentence Completion and Definition Matching practice tests with answers. One of the most outstanding features of this book is that each new word is repeated at least five times in a lesson so that you will have a much better chance to memorize it more easily. Columbia 1000 Words You Must Know for GMAT is designed to help you master all the absolutely essential GMAT words using our most effective memory method: A Roots and Rhyming Memory Approach. Let's take the word "aberration" for example and see how this exciting new memory method can help you find the shortest and best way to memorize new words and build a large vocabulary: 1. MEMORY TIPS: Memorizing words with the help of Roots, Prefixes, and Suffixes. ion condition or action; as aberration, ration, inflation, temptation, abbreviation 2. NEW WORDS: New Words are arranged in rhyming groups for easy memory. aberration, ration, inflation, temptation, abbreviation ABERRATION n. departure from what is right or true rhyming sound -ation 3. SAMPLE SENTENCES: Sample Sentences are given to help you memorize words in context. This complexity is not an aberration or something to be wished away, it is the new reality. 4. SENTENCE COMPLETION: Sentence Completion is designed to help you memorize words through tests. The patient's only _____________ was a temporary lapse of memory.(aberration) 5. DEFINITION MATCHING: Definition Matching is designed to help you memorize words through repetition. departure from what is right or true _________________________ (aberration) In this example, the repeated appearance of the word "aberration" in the lesson makes it easy for you to memorize. Therefore you can see that only by repeated practice or reinforcement of a new word under different circumstances can you really memorize it so unconsciously that you will never forget. Human memory, like the unconscious, is structured like a language. Once you have memorized a new word, it will stay in your unconscious and become part of yourself. Whenever you need it, it will come to you automatically just like the flowers coming in the spring: it is natural! Columbia 1000 Words You Must Know for GMAT is both a self-help book and a textbook for classroom use. It is the only vocabulary book you will ever need to master the most often tested words on the GMAT. If you can spend about 25 minutes a day with this book, you will definitely help yourself expand your vocabulary, build up your word power, and raise your score on the GMAT. CONTENTS Unit 1 jocund, refund, rotund, moribund, rubicund laborious, pernicious, avaricious, inauspicious, prejudicious Unit 2 lacerate, advocate, consolidate, intimidate, precipitate lambent, nascent, imminent, penitent, pertinent Unit 3 lampoon, lagoon, monsoon, platoon, tycoon largess, digress, duress, obsess, transgress Unit 4 legion, fusion, precision, profusion, introversion lucrative, abortive, conducive, cumulative, diminutive Unit 5 lull, dull, gull, null, skull lurid, rid, acrid, forbid, rigid ....

TO THE STUDENT The shortest and best way of learning a language is to know the roots of it, that is, those original primitive words from which other words are formed. -- Lord Chesterfield Columbia 1000 Words You Must Know for GMAT presents 1000 most frequently tested words for GMAT. You will find 100 vocabulary-building lessons in Books 1 - 3. Each lesson contains 10 new words and they are first presented to you with Memory Tips; next, New Words are listed in rhyming memory groups and followed by Sample Sentences; the last part of the lesson are Sentence Completion and Definition Matching practice tests with answers. One of the most outstanding features of this book is that each new word is repeated at least five times in a lesson so that you will have a much better chance to memorize it more easily. Columbia 1000 Words You Must Know for GMAT is designed to help you master all the absolutely essential GMAT words using our most effective memory method: A Roots and Rhyming Memory Approach. Let's take the word "aberration" for example and see how this exciting new memory method can help you find the shortest and best way to memorize new words and build a large vocabulary: 1. MEMORY TIPS: Memorizing words with the help of Roots, Prefixes, and Suffixes. ion condition or action; as aberration, ration, inflation, temptation, abbreviation 2. NEW WORDS: New Words are arranged in rhyming groups for easy memory. aberration, ration, inflation, temptation, abbreviation ABERRATION n. departure from what is right or true rhyming sound -ation 3. SAMPLE SENTENCES: Sample Sentences are given to help you memorize words in context. This complexity is not an aberration or something to be wished away, it is the new reality. 4. SENTENCE COMPLETION: Sentence Completion is designed to help you memorize words through tests. The patient's only _____________ was a temporary lapse of memory.(aberration) 5. DEFINITION MATCHING: Definition Matching is designed to help you memorize words through repetition. departure from what is right or true _________________________ (aberration) In this example, the repeated appearance of the word "aberration" in the lesson makes it easy for you to memorize. Therefore you can see that only by repeated practice or reinforcement of a new word under different circumstances can you really memorize it so unconsciously that you will never forget. Human memory, like the unconscious, is structured like a language. Once you have memorized a new word, it will stay in your unconscious and become part of yourself. Whenever you need it, it will come to you automatically just like the flowers coming in the spring: it is natural! Columbia 1000 Words You Must Know for GMAT is both a self-help book and a textbook for classroom use. It is the only vocabulary book you will ever need to master the most often tested words on the GMAT. If you can spend about 25 minutes a day with this book, you will definitely help yourself expand your vocabulary, build up your word power, and raise your score on the GMAT. CONTENTS Unit 1 aback, crack, rack, ransack, counterattack aberration, ration, inflation, temptation, abbreviation Unit 2 abet, asset, beget, cadet, regret abhor, decor, mentor, metaphor, ambassador Unit 3 abide, collide, confide, subside, homicide abject, affect, defect, neglect, prospect Unit 4 abjure, conjure, endure, obscure, immature abominate, accelerate, accumulate, excoriate, matriculate Unit 5 abstain, constrain, detain, domain, refrain abstruse, diffuse, effuse, profuse, recluse ....

TO THE STUDENT The shortest and best way of learning a language is to know the roots of it, that is, those original primitive words from which other words are formed. -- Lord Chesterfield Columbia 1000 Words You Must Know for GRE presents 1000 most frequently tested words for GRE. You will find 100 vocabulary-building lessons in Books 1 - 3. Each lesson contains 10 new words and they are first presented to you with Memory Tips; next, New Words are listed in rhyming memory groups and followed by Sample Sentences; the last part of the lesson are Sentence Completion and Definition Matching practice tests with answers. One of the most outstanding features of this book is that each new word is repeated at least five times in a lesson so that you will have a much better chance to memorize it more easily. Columbia 1000 Words You Must Know for GRE is designed to help you master all the absolutely essential GRE words using our most effective memory method: A Roots and Rhyming Memory Approach. Let's take the word "aberration" for example and see how this exciting new memory method can help you find the shortest and best way to memorize new words and build a large vocabulary: 1. MEMORY TIPS: Memorizing words with the help of Roots, Prefixes, and Suffixes. ion condition or action; as aberration, ration, inflation, temptation, abbreviation 2. NEW WORDS: New Words are arranged in rhyming groups for easy memory. aberration, ration, inflation, temptation, abbreviation ABERRATION n. departure from what is right or true rhyming sound -ation 3. SAMPLE SENTENCES: Sample Sentences are given to help you memorize words in context. This complexity is not an aberration or something to be wished away, it is the new reality. 4. SENTENCE COMPLETION: Sentence Completion is designed to help you memorize words through tests. The patient's only _____________ was a temporary lapse of memory.(aberration) 5. DEFINITION MATCHING: Definition Matching is designed to help you memorize words through repetition. departure from what is right or true _________________________ (aberration) In this example, the repeated appearance of the word "aberration" in the lesson makes it easy for you to memorize. Therefore you can see that only by repeated practice or reinforcement of a new word under different circumstances can you really memorize it so unconsciously that you will never forget. Human memory, like the unconscious, is structured like a language. Once you have memorized a new word, it will stay in your unconscious and become part of yourself. Whenever you need it, it will come to you automatically just like the flowers coming in the spring: it is natural! Columbia 1000 Words You Must Know for GRE is both a self-help book and a textbook for classroom use. It is the only vocabulary book you will ever need to master the most often tested words on the GRE. If you can spend about 25 minutes a day with this book, you will definitely help yourself expand your vocabulary, build up your word power, and raise your score on the GRE. CONTENTS Unit 1 jocund, refund, rotund, moribund, rubicund laborious, pernicious, avaricious, inauspicious, prejudicious Unit 2 lacerate, advocate, consolidate, intimidate, precipitate lambent, nascent, imminent, penitent, pertinent Unit 3 lampoon, lagoon, monsoon, platoon, tycoon largess, digress, duress, obsess, transgress Unit 4 legion, fusion, precision, profusion, introversion lucrative, abortive, conducive, cumulative, diminutive Unit 5 lull, dull, gull, null, skull lurid, rid, acrid, forbid, rigid ....

TO THE STUDENT The shortest and best way of learning a language is to know the roots of it, that is, those original primitive words from which other words are formed. -- Lord Chesterfield Columbia 1000 Words You Must Know for GRE presents 1000 most frequently tested words for GRE. You will find 100 vocabulary-building lessons in Books 1 - 3. Each lesson contains 10 new words and they are first presented to you with Memory Tips; next, New Words are listed in rhyming memory groups and followed by Sample Sentences; the last part of the lesson are Sentence Completion and Definition Matching practice tests with answers. One of the most outstanding features of this book is that each new word is repeated at least five times in a lesson so that you will have a much better chance to memorize it more easily. Columbia 1000 Words You Must Know for GRE is designed to help you master all the absolutely essential GRE words using our most effective memory method: A Roots and Rhyming Memory Approach. Let's take the word "aberration" for example and see how this exciting new memory method can help you find the shortest and best way to memorize new words and build a large vocabulary: 1. MEMORY TIPS: Memorizing words with the help of Roots, Prefixes, and Suffixes. ion condition or action; as aberration, ration, inflation, temptation, abbreviation 2. NEW WORDS: New Words are arranged in rhyming groups for easy memory. aberration, ration, inflation, temptation, abbreviation ABERRATION n. departure from what is right or true rhyming sound -ation 3. SAMPLE SENTENCES: Sample Sentences are given to help you memorize words in context. This complexity is not an aberration or something to be wished away, it is the new reality. 4. SENTENCE COMPLETION: Sentence Completion is designed to help you memorize words through tests. The patient's only _____________ was a temporary lapse of memory.(aberration) 5. DEFINITION MATCHING: Definition Matching is designed to help you memorize words through repetition. departure from what is right or true _________________________ (aberration) In this example, the repeated appearance of the word "aberration" in the lesson makes it easy for you to memorize. Therefore you can see that only by repeated practice or reinforcement of a new word under different circumstances can you really memorize it so unconsciously that you will never forget. Human memory, like the unconscious, is structured like a language. Once you have memorized a new word, it will stay in your unconscious and become part of yourself. Whenever you need it, it will come to you automatically just like the flowers coming in the spring: it is natural! Columbia 1000 Words You Must Know for GRE is both a self-help book and a textbook for classroom use. It is the only vocabulary book you will ever need to master the most often tested words on the GRE. If you can spend about 25 minutes a day with this book, you will definitely help yourself expand your vocabulary, build up your word power, and raise your score on the GRE. CONTENTS Unit 1 aback, crack, rack, ransack, counterattack aberration, ration, inflation, temptation, abbreviation Unit 2 abet, asset, beget, cadet, regret abhor, decor, mentor, metaphor, ambassador Unit 3 abide, collide, confide, subside, homicide abject, affect, defect, neglect, prospect Unit 4 abjure, conjure, endure, obscure, immature abominate, accelerate, accumulate, excoriate, matriculate Unit 5 abstain, constrain, detain, domain, refrain abstruse, diffuse, effuse, profuse, recluse ....

TO THE STUDENT The shortest and best way of learning a language is to know the roots of it, that is, those original primitive words from which other words are formed. -- Lord Chesterfield Columbia 1000 Words You Must Know for TOEFL presents 1000 most frequently tested words for TOEFL. You will find 100 vocabulary-building lessons in Books 1 - 3. Each lesson contains 10 new words and they are first presented to you with Memory Tips; next, New Words are listed in rhyming memory groups and followed by Sample Sentences; the last part of the lesson are Sentence Completion and Definition Matching practice tests with answers. One of the most outstanding features of this book is that each new word is repeated at least five times in a lesson so that you will have a much better chance to memorize it more easily. Columbia 1000 Words You Must Know for TOEFL is designed to help you master all the absolutely essential TOEFL words using our most effective memory method: A Roots and Rhyming Memory Approach. Let's take the word "aberration" for example and see how this exciting new memory method can help you find the shortest and best way to memorize new words and build a large vocabulary: 1. MEMORY TIPS: Memorizing words with the help of Roots, Prefixes, and Suffixes. ioncondition or action; as aberration, ration, inflation, temptation, abbreviation 2. NEW WORDS: New Words are arranged in rhyming groups for easy memory. aberration, ration, inflation, temptation, abbreviation ABERRATION n. departure from what is right or true rhyming sound -ation 3. SAMPLE SENTENCES: Sample Sentences are given to help you memorize words in context. This complexity is not an aberration or something to be wished away, it is the new reality. 4. SENTENCE COMPLETION: Sentence Completion is designed to help you memorize words through tests. The patient's only _____________ was a temporary lapse of memory.(aberration) 5. DEFINITION MATCHING: Definition Matching is designed to help you memorize words through repetition. departure from what is right or true _________________________ (aberration) In this example, the repeated appearance of the word "aberration" in the lesson makes it easy for you to memorize. Therefore you can see that only by repeated practice or reinforcement of a new word under different circumstances can you really memorize it so unconsciously that you will never forget. Human memory, like the unconscious, is structured like a language. Once you have memorized a new word, it will stay in your unconscious and become part of yourself. Whenever you need it, it will come to you automatically just like the flowers coming in the spring: it is natural! Columbia 1000 Words You Must Know for TOEFL is both a self-help book and a textbook for classroom use. It is the only vocabulary book you will ever need to master the most often tested words on the TOEFL. If you can spend about 25 minutes a day with this book, you will definitely help yourself expand your vocabulary, build up your word power, and raise your score on the TOEFL. CONTENTS Units 1 jocund, refund, rotund, moribund, rubicund laborious, pernicious, avaricious, inauspicious, prejudicious Unit 2 lacerate, advocate, consolidate, intimidate, precipitate lambent, nascent, imminent, penitent, pertinent Unit 3 lampoon, lagoon, monsoon, platoon, tycoon largess, digress, duress, obsess, transgress Unit 4 legion, fusion, precision, profusion, introversion lucrative, abortive, conducive, cumulative, diminutive Unit 5 lull, dull, gull, null, skull lurid, rid, acrid, forbid, rigid ....

Columbia Common English Usage Mistakes at GRE is compiled to help you learn the absolutely essential grammar testing points and avoid the most common mistakes at GRE to raise your score! It has twenty lessons with each one having the following outstanding features: 1. ERROR EXAMPLES: show you what kinds of mistakes most often made at GRE and how to correct them; 2. GRAMMAR GUIDES: teach you the grammar rules absolutely essential to raise your GRE score; 3. PRACTICE TESTS: Use sample Sentence Correction and Sentence Completion questions to test your grammar power and readiness for the real GRE; 4. ANSWER KEYS: provide answers and explanations to help you avoid the mistakes forever to score higher on the GRE! Columbia Common English Usage Mistakes at GRE is your grammar Bible! With the help of our fun and effective way to learn all the essential grammar testing points, you will be able to score higher on the GRE guaranteed!

COLUMBIA ENGLISH GRAMMAR FOR TESTS is written for students who need some extra help with English grammar and usage. It covers all the absolutely essential grammar points, such as subject-verb agreement, dangling modifier, parallel structure, and others that are most often examined in English TESTS. It is the only self-study reference and practice book that you will ever need to raise your test score. HERE IS WHAT YOU WILL GET: 1. ERROR EXAMPLES: show you what kinds of mistakes most often made at English TESTS and how to correct them; 2. GRAMMAR POINTS: teach you all the English grammar and usage you need to know for the test; 3. PRACTICE TESTS: Use sample Sentence Correction and Sentence Completion questions to test your grammar power and readiness for English TESTS; 4. ANSWER KEYS: provide answers and explanations to help you avoid the mistakes forever. COLUMBIA ENGLISH GRAMMAR FOR TESTS gives you an English professor's proven method, guaranteed to help you master all the essential grammar and usage for the test. It is a must-have English grammar book that will help you to ace your English TESTS. CONTENTS: CHAPTER 1 Verb Tenses CHAPTER 2 Noun Clauses CHAPTER 3 Adjective Clauses CHAPTER 4 Adverb Clauses CHAPTER 5 Subject-Verb Agreement CHAPTER 6 Parallel Structures CHAPTER 7 Conditional Sentences and Wishes CHAPTER 8 Modals and Modal-Like Verbs CHAPTER 9 Modifiers and Dangling Participles CHAPTER 10 Pronoun and Pronoun References CHAPTER 11 Prepositions and Prepositional Phrases CHAPTER 12 Articles

To the Student COLUMBIA ENGLISH GRAMMAR FOR PSAT/NMSQT is written for students who need some extra help with English grammar and usage. It covers all the absolutely essential grammar points, such as subject-verb agreement, dangling modifier, parallel structure, and others that are most often tested on the PSAT/NMSQT. It is the only self-study reference and practice book that you will ever need to raise your score on the test. HERE IS WHAT YOU WILL GET: 1. ERROR EXAMPLES: show you what kinds of mistakes most often made at PSAT/NMSQT and how to correct them; 2. GRAMMAR POINTS: teach you all the English grammar and usage you need to know for the test; 3. PRACTICE TESTS: Use sample Sentence Correction and Sentence Completion questions to test your grammar power and readiness for the real PSAT/NMSQT; 4. ANSWER KEYS: provide answers and explanations to help you avoid the mistakes forever. COLUMBIA ENGLISH GRAMMAR FOR PSAT/NMSQT gives you an English professor's proven method, guaranteed to help you master all the essential grammar and usage for the test. It is a must-have English grammar book that will help you to ace the PSAT/NMSQT! CONTENTS: CHAPTER 1 Verb Tenses CHAPTER 2 Noun Clauses CHAPTER 3 Adjective Clauses CHAPTER 4 Adverb Clauses CHAPTER 5 Subject-Verb Agreement CHAPTER 6 Parallel Structures CHAPTER 7 Conditional Sentences and Wishes CHAPTER 8 Modals and Modal-Like Verbs CHAPTER 9 Modifiers and Dangling Participles CHAPTER 10 Pronoun and Pronoun References CHAPTER 11 Prepositions and Prepositional Phrases CHAPTER 12 Articles

To the Student COLUMBIA ENGLISH GRAMMAR FOR LPI is written for students who need some extra help with English grammar and usage. It covers all the absolutely essential grammar points, such as subject-verb agreement, dangling modifier, parallel structure, and others that are most often tested on the LPI. It is the only self-study reference and practice book that you will ever need to raise your score on the test. HERE IS WHAT YOU WILL GET: 1. ERROR EXAMPLES: show you what kinds of mistakes most often made at LPI and how to correct them; 2. GRAMMAR POINTS: teach you all the English grammar and usage you need to know for the test; 3. PRACTICE TESTS: Use sample Sentence Correction and Sentence Completion questions to test your grammar power and readiness for the real LPI; 4. ANSWER KEYS: provide answers and explanations to help you avoid the mistakes forever. COLUMBIA ENGLISH GRAMMAR FOR LPI gives you an English professor's proven method, guaranteed to help you master all the essential grammar and usage for the test. It is a must-have English grammar book that will help you to ace the LPI! CONTENTS: CHAPTER 1 Verb Tenses CHAPTER 2 Noun Clauses CHAPTER 3 Adjective Clauses CHAPTER 4 Adverb Clauses CHAPTER 5 Subject-Verb Agreement CHAPTER 6 Parallel Structures CHAPTER 7 Conditional Sentences and Wishes CHAPTER 8 Modals and Modal-Like Verbs CHAPTER 9 Modifiers and Dangling Participles CHAPTER 10 Pronoun and Pronoun References CHAPTER 11 Prepositions and Prepositional Phrases CHAPTER 12 Articles

To the Student COLUMBIA ENGLISH GRAMMAR FOR TOEIC is written for students who need some extra help with English grammar and usage. It covers all the absolutely essential grammar points, such as subject-verb agreement, dangling modifier, parallel structure, and others that are most often tested on the TOEIC. It is the only self-study reference and practice book that you will ever need to raise your score on the test. HERE IS WHAT YOU WILL GET: 1. ERROR EXAMPLES: show you what kinds of mistakes most often made at TOEIC and how to correct them; 2. GRAMMAR POINTS: teach you all the English grammar and usage you need to know for the test; 3. PRACTICE TESTS: Use sample Sentence Correction and Sentence Completion questions to test your grammar power and readiness for the real TOEIC; 4. ANSWER KEYS: provide answers and explanations to help you avoid the mistakes forever. COLUMBIA ENGLISH GRAMMAR FOR TOEIC gives you an English professor's proven method, guaranteed to help you master all the essential grammar and usage for the test. It is a must-have English grammar book that will help you to ace the TOEIC! CONTENTS: CHAPTER 1 Verb Tenses CHAPTER 2 Noun Clauses CHAPTER 3 Adjective Clauses CHAPTER 4 Adverb Clauses CHAPTER 5 Subject-Verb Agreement CHAPTER 6 Parallel Structures CHAPTER 7 Conditional Sentences and Wishes CHAPTER 8 Modals and Modal-Like Verbs CHAPTER 9 Modifiers and Dangling Participles CHAPTER 10 Pronoun and Pronoun References CHAPTER 11 Prepositions and Prepositional Phrases CHAPTER 12 Articles

COLUMBIA ENGLISH GRAMMAR FOR GRE is written specifically for students who are preparing to take the GRE test. It has 35 score-raising lessons covering all the absolutely essential grammar rules, such as subject-verb agreement, dangling modifier, parallel structure, and others which are most often tested on the GRE. To help you understand better and memorize these key grammar rules more easily, all the lessons are designed to follow the same format with the following outstanding features: 1. ERROR EXAMPLES: show you what kinds of mistakes most often made at GRE and how to correct them; 2. GRAMMAR RULES: teach you all the grammar testing points you need to know to help you ace the test; 3. PRACTICE TESTS: Use sample Sentence Correction and Sentence Completion questions to help you memorize these grammar rules through repetition; 4. ANSWER KEYS: provide answers and explanations to help you avoid the mistakes forever. COLUMBIA ENGLISH GRAMMAR FOR GRE gives you an English professor's proven method, guaranteed to help you master all the essential grammar rules for the test. If you can spend about 15 minutes a day on each lesson, it will definitely help raise your GRE score, and, in the mean time, you will become a much better reader and writer.

COLUMBIA ENGLISH GRAMMAR FOR ACT is written specifically for students who are preparing to take the ACT test. It has 32 score-raising lessons covering all the absolutely essential grammar rules, such as subject-verb agreement, dangling modifier, parallel structure, and others which are most often tested on the ACT. To help you understand better and memorize these key grammar rules more easily, all the lessons are designed to follow the same format with the following outstanding features: 1. ERROR EXAMPLES: show you what kinds of mistakes most often made at ACT and how to correct them; 2. GRAMMAR RULES: teach you all the grammar testing points you need to know to help you ace the test; 3. PRACTICE TESTS: Use sample Sentence Correction and Sentence Completion questions to help you memorize these grammar rules through repetition; 4. ANSWER KEYS: provide answers and explanations to help you avoid the mistakes forever. COLUMBIA ENGLISH GRAMMAR FOR ACT gives you an English professor's proven method, guaranteed to help you master all the essential grammar rules for the test. If you can spend about 15 minutes a day on each lesson, it will definitely help raise your ACT score, and, in the mean time, you will become a much better reader and writer.

COLUMBIA ENGLISH GRAMMAR FOR SAT is written specifically for students who are preparing to take the SAT test. It has 33 score-raising lessons covering all the absolutely essential grammar rules, such as subject-verb agreement, dangling modifier, parallel structure, and others which are most often tested on the SAT. To help you understand better and memorize these key grammar rules more easily, all the lessons are designed to follow the same format with the following outstanding features: 1. ERROR EXAMPLES: show you what kinds of mistakes most often made at SAT and how to correct them; 2. GRAMMAR RULES: teach you all the grammar testing points you need to know to help you ace the test; 3. PRACTICE TESTS: Use sample Sentence Correction and Sentence Completion questions to help you memorize these grammar rules through repetition; 4. ANSWER KEYS: provide answers and explanations to help you avoid the mistakes forever. COLUMBIA ENGLISH GRAMMAR FOR SAT gives you an English professor's proven method, guaranteed to help you master all the essential grammar rules for the test. If you can spend about 15 minutes a day on each lesson, it will definitely help raise your SAT score, and, in the mean time, you will become a much better reader and writer.

COLUMBIA ENGLISH GRAMMAR FOR IELTS is written specifically for students who are preparing to take the IELTS test. It has 35 score-raising lessons covering all the absolutely essential grammar rules, such as subject-verb agreement, dangling modifier, parallel structure, and others which are most often tested on the IELTS. To help you understand better and memorize these key grammar rules more easily, all the lessons are designed to follow the same format with the following outstanding features: 1. ERROR EXAMPLES: show you what kinds of mistakes most often made at IELTS and how to correct them; 2. GRAMMAR RULES: teach you all the grammar testing points you need to know to help you ace the test; 3. PRACTICE TESTS: Use sample Sentence Correction and Sentence Completion questions to help you memorize these grammar rules through repetition; 4. ANSWER KEYS: provide answers and explanations to help you avoid the mistakes forever. COLUMBIA ENGLISH GRAMMAR FOR IELTS gives you an English professor's proven method, guaranteed to help you master all the essential grammar rules for the test. If you can spend about 15 minutes a day on each lesson, it will definitely help raise your IELTS score, and, in the mean time, you will become a much better reader and writer.

TO THE STUDENT The shortest and best way of learning a language is to know the roots of it, that is, those original primitive words from which other words are formed. -- Lord Chesterfield Columbia 1000 Words You Must Know for IELTS presents 1000 most frequently tested words for IELTS. You will find 100 vocabulary-building lessons in Books 1 - 3. Each lesson contains 10 new words and they are first presented to you with Memory Tips; next, New Words are listed in rhyming memory groups and followed by Sample Sentences; the last part of the lesson are Sentence Completion and Definition Matching practice tests with answers. One of the most outstanding features of this book is that each new word is repeated at least five times in a lesson so that you will have a much better chance to memorize it more easily. Columbia 1000 Words You Must Know for IELTS is designed to help you master all the absolutely essential IELTS words using our most effective memory method: A Roots and Rhyming Memory Approach. Let's take the word "aberration" for example and see how this exciting new memory method can help you find the shortest and best way to memorize new words and build a large vocabulary: 1. MEMORY TIPS: Memorizing words with the help of Roots, Prefixes, and Suffixes. ion condition or action; as aberration, ration, inflation, temptation, abbreviation 2. NEW WORDS: New Words are arranged in rhyming groups for easy memory. aberration, ration, inflation, temptation, abbreviation ABERRATION n. departure from what is right or true rhyming sound -ation 3. SAMPLE SENTENCES: Sample Sentences are given to help you memorize words in context. This complexity is not an aberration or something to be wished away, it is the new reality. 4. SENTENCE COMPLETION: Sentence Completion is designed to help you memorize words through tests. The patient's only _____________ was a temporary lapse of memory.(aberration) 5. DEFINITION MATCHING: Definition Matching is designed to help you memorize words through repetition. departure from what is right or true _________________________ (aberration) In this example, the repeated appearance of the word "aberration" in the lesson makes it easy for you to memorize. Therefore you can see that only by repeated practice or reinforcement of a new word under different circumstances can you really memorize it so unconsciously that you will never forget. Human memory, like the unconscious, is structured like a language. Once you have memorized a new word, it will stay in your unconscious and become part of yourself. Whenever you need it, it will come to you automatically just like the flowers coming in the spring: it is natural! Columbia 1000 Words You Must Know for IELTS is both a self-help book and a textbook for classroom use. It is the only vocabulary book you will ever need to master the most often tested words on the IELTS. If you can spend about 25 minutes a day with this book, you will definitely help yourself expand your vocabulary, build up your word power, and raise your score on the IELTS. CONTENTS Unit 1 aback, crack, rack, ransack, counterattack aberration, ration, inflation, temptation, abbreviation Unit 2 abet, asset, beget, cadet, regret abhor, decor, mentor, metaphor, ambassador Unit 3 abide, collide, confide, subside, homicide abject, affect, defect, neglect, prospect Unit 4 abjure, conjure, endure, obscure, immature abominate, accelerate, accumulate, excoriate, matriculate Unit 5 abstain, constrain, detain, domain, refrain abstruse, diffuse, effuse, profuse, recluse ....

TO THE STUDENT The shortest and best way of learning a language is to know the roots of it, that is, those original primitive words from which other words are formed. -- Lord Chesterfield Columbia 1000 Words You Must Know for ESL presents 1000 most frequently tested words for ESL. You will find 100 vocabulary-building lessons in Books 1 - 3. Each lesson contains 10 new words and they are first presented to you with Memory Tips; next, New Words are listed in rhyming memory groups and followed by Sample Sentences; the last part of the lesson are Sentence Completion and Definition Matching practice tests with answers. One of the most outstanding features of this book is that each new word is repeated at least five times in a lesson so that you will have a much better chance to memorize it more easily. Columbia 1000 Words You Must Know for ESL is designed to help you master all the absolutely essential ESL words using our most effective memory method: A Roots and Rhyming Memory Approach. Let's take the word "aberration" for example and see how this exciting new memory method can help you find the shortest and best way to memorize new words and build a large vocabulary: 1. MEMORY TIPS: Memorizing words with the help of Roots, Prefixes, and Suffixes. ion condition or action; as aberration, ration, inflation, temptation, abbreviation 2. NEW WORDS: New Words are arranged in rhyming groups for easy memory. aberration, ration, inflation, temptation, abbreviation ABERRATION n. departure from what is right or true rhyming sound -ation 3. SAMPLE SENTENCES: Sample Sentences are given to help you memorize words in context. This complexity is not an aberration or something to be wished away, it is the new reality. 4. SENTENCE COMPLETION: Sentence Completion is designed to help you memorize words through tests. The patient's only _____________ was a temporary lapse of memory.(aberration) 5. DEFINITION MATCHING: Definition Matching is designed to help you memorize words through repetition. departure from what is right or true _________________________ (aberration) In this example, the repeated appearance of the word "aberration" in the lesson makes it easy for you to memorize. Therefore you can see that only by repeated practice or reinforcement of a new word under different circumstances can you really memorize it so unconsciously that you will never forget. Human memory, like the unconscious, is structured like a language. Once you have memorized a new word, it will stay in your unconscious and become part of yourself. Whenever you need it, it will come to you automatically just like the flowers coming in the spring: it is natural! Columbia 1000 Words You Must Know for ESL is both a self-help book and a textbook for classroom use. It is the only vocabulary book you will ever need to master the most often tested words on the ESL. If you can spend about 25 minutes a day with this book, you will definitely help yourself expand your vocabulary, build up your word power, and raise your score on the ESL. CONTENTS Unit 1 aback, crack, rack, ransack, counterattack aberration, ration, inflation, temptation, abbreviation Unit 2 abet, asset, beget, cadet, regret abhor, decor, mentor, metaphor, ambassador Unit 3 abide, collide, confide, subside, homicide abject, affect, defect, neglect, prospect Unit 4 abjure, conjure, endure, obscure, immature abominate, accelerate, accumulate, excoriate, matriculate Unit 5 abstain, constrain, detain, domain, refrain abstruse, diffuse, effuse, profuse, recluse ....

TO THE STUDENT The shortest and best way of learning a language is to know the roots of it, that is, those original primitive words from which other words are formed. -- Lord Chesterfield Columbia 1000 Words You Must Know for TOEFL presents 1000 most frequently tested words for TOEFL. You will find 100 vocabulary-building lessons in Books 1 - 3. Each lesson contains 10 new words and they are first presented to you with Memory Tips; next, New Words are listed in rhyming memory groups and followed by Sample Sentences; the last part of the lesson are Sentence Completion and Definition Matching practice tests with answers. One of the most outstanding features of this book is that each new word is repeated at least five times in a lesson so that you will have a much better chance to memorize it more easily. Columbia 1000 Words You Must Know for TOEFL is designed to help you master all the absolutely essential TOEFL words using our most effective memory method: A Roots and Rhyming Memory Approach. Let's take the word "aberration" for example and see how this exciting new memory method can help you find the shortest and best way to memorize new words and build a large vocabulary: 1. MEMORY TIPS: Memorizing words with the help of Roots, Prefixes, and Suffixes. ion condition or action; as aberration, ration, inflation, temptation, abbreviation 2. NEW WORDS: New Words are arranged in rhyming groups for easy memory. aberration, ration, inflation, temptation, abbreviation ABERRATION n. departure from what is right or true rhyming sound -ation 3. SAMPLE SENTENCES: Sample Sentences are given to help you memorize words in context. This complexity is not an aberration or something to be wished away, it is the new reality. 4. SENTENCE COMPLETION: Sentence Completion is designed to help you memorize words through tests. The patient's only _____________ was a temporary lapse of memory.(aberration) 5. DEFINITION MATCHING: Definition Matching is designed to help you memorize words through repetition. departure from what is right or true _________________________ (aberration) In this example, the repeated appearance of the word "aberration" in the lesson makes it easy for you to memorize. Therefore you can see that only by repeated practice or reinforcement of a new word under different circumstances can you really memorize it so unconsciously that you will never forget. Human memory, like the unconscious, is structured like a language. Once you have memorized a new word, it will stay in your unconscious and become part of yourself. Whenever you need it, it will come to you automatically just like the flowers coming in the spring: it is natural! Columbia 1000 Words You Must Know for TOEFL is both a self-help book and a textbook for classroom use. It is the only vocabulary book you will ever need to master the most often tested words on the TOEFL. If you can spend about 25 minutes a day with this book, you will definitely help yourself expand your vocabulary, build up your word power, and raise your score on the TOEFL. CONTENTS Unit 1 aback, crack, rack, ransack, counterattack aberration, ration, inflation, temptation, abbreviation Unit 2 abet, asset, beget, cadet, regret abhor, decor, mentor, metaphor, ambassador Unit 3 abide, collide, confide, subside, homicide abject, affect, defect, neglect, prospect Unit 4 abjure, conjure, endure, obscure, immature abominate, accelerate, accumulate, excoriate, matriculate Unit 5 abstain, constrain, detain, domain, refrain abstruse, diffuse, effuse, profuse, recluse ....