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New York  \n[www.PrincetonReview.com](www.PrincetonReview.com)  \nThe Independent Education Consultants Association recognizes The Princeton Review as a valuable resource for high school and college students applying to college and graduate school.  \nThe Princeton Review, Inc.  \n2315 Broadway  \nNew York, NY 10024 [E-mail:](E-mail: booksupport@review.com)[ booksupport@review.com](E-mail: booksupport@review.com)  \nCopyright © 2006 by The Princeton Review, Inc.  \nAll rights reserved under International and Pan-American Copyright Conventions. Published in the United States by Random House, Inc., New York, and simultaneously in Canada by Random House of Canada Limited, Toronto.  \neISBN: 978-0-375-72334-6  \nEditor: Marissa Pareles  \nProduction Editor: Katie O’Neill  \nProduction Coordinator: Ryan Tozzi  \n[www.PrincetonReview.com](www.PrincetonReview.com)  \nv1.0  \nCONTENTS  \nIntroduction ...................................................................................... 1  \nChapter 1: Learning New Words................................................ 7  \nChapter 2: The Words ............................................................... 39  \nChapter 3: The Final Exam ....................................................... 255  \nChapter 4: The SAT Hit Parade .............................................. 287  \nChapter 5: The GRE Hit Parade............................................... 297  \nChapter 6: Word Roots You Should Know............................. 305  \nChapter 7: Common Usage Errors ......................................... 331  \nChapter 8: Abbreviations ......................................................... 339  \nChapter 9: The Arts................................................................... 343  \nChapter 10: Computers and Technology ................................. 347  \nChapter 11: Finance.................................................................... 353  \nChapter 12: Foreign Words and Phrases ................................ 359  \nChapter 13: Science ................................................................... 365  \nChapter 14: The Answers .......................................................... 371  \nAbout the Author .................................................................................. 383  \nINTRODUCTION  \nYOUR VOCABULARY HAS BEEN TALKING ABOUT YOU BEHIND YOUR BACK  \nThe words you use say a lot about you. Some words say that you are smart, persuasive, and informed. Others say that you don’t know what you are talking about. Knowing which words to use and understanding how to use them are keys to getting the most out of your mind.  \nPeople often say in frustration,“I know what I mean, but I don’t know how to say it.” If the right words aren’t there, the right ideas can’t get through.  \nYour vocabulary is the foundation of your ability to share your thoughts with other people. When you improve your vocabulary, you improve your ability to bring your intelligence to bear on the world around you.  \nBIGGER ISN’T NECESSARILY BETTER  \nWhen people say that someone has a “good vocabulary,” they usually mean that he or she uses a lot of important-sounding words—words like jactitation, demulcent, and saxicolous. But a vocabulary consisting of words like these isn’t necessarily a “good” vocabulary.  \nWhy?  \nBecause almost no one knows what jactitation, demulcent, and saxicolous mean. If you used these words in conversation, the chances are that no one listening to you would know what you were talking about. Big, difficult words have important uses, but improving a vocabulary involves much more than merely decorating your speech or your writing with a few polysyllabic zingers.  \nThe goal of communication is clarity. We write and speak in order to make ourselves understood. 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