240 Vocabulary Words

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Interior design by Melinda Belter
Interior illustrations by Steve Cox, Mike Moran
ISBN: 0-439-28046-X
Copyright © 2004 by Linda Ward Beech. All rights reserved. Printed in the U.S.A.
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Table of Contents
■ Using the Book . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
■ Lesson 1: Synonyms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
■ Lesson 2: Synonyms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
■ Lesson 3: Antonyms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
■ Lesson 4: Antonyms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
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■ Lesson 22: Confusing Words . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
■ Lesson 23: Prefixes de-, fore-, im-, micro-, anti- . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
■ Lesson 24: Suffixes -ance, -ity, -al, -less, -ible . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
■ Word List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
■ Answers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Using the Book Lesson Organization: Each lesson is three
pages long and introduces ten words.
Where would we be without words? It’s
hard to imagine. Words are a basic build-
The first lesson
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strong vocabulary is an essential part of Synonyms
reading, writing, and speaking well. The glum pacify verify suppress gregarious
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purpose of this book is to help learners ❙A SYNONYMIS A WORD THAT MEANS THE SAME OR
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expand the number of words they know statement of ITfo y poauc vifeyrimfyeasnoms “ettoh sinoog,t hyeo.u” prove it is true.
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and the ways in which they use them. lesson focus IAf ycooum’rme ogtrieognarisio au ds,i sytuorub’raen fcrei.endly. If you’re glum,
Haughtymeans “conceited.” you’re dejected.
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Tips for Using the Lessons:
• Many words have more than one meaning, • Be aware of pronunciation differences when
including some that are not given in the les- teaching homographs. Not all students may
son. You may want to point out additional pronounce words in the same way and this
meanings or invite students to discover can lead to confusion.
them independently.
• Use the words to teach syllabication rules.
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Words I Know;Words I Have Seen but Don’t Really Know;
New Words. Using pencils, students can list the vocabulary
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2. This word means “a confusing arrangement.” _________________________
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