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Contemporary Vocabulary

Fourth  Edition©1995 Elliott L. Smith

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This exercise workbook offers a systematic, easy-to-follow approach to vocabulary building, introducing students to the concept of word composition for basic and more specialized word types.

Table of Contents


PART ONE: WORD ELEMENTS
  1. The Composition of Words
  2. Words from Latin Roots
  3. Words from Greek Roots
  4. Words with Prefixes
  5. Words with Suffixes
    
PART TWO: WORD TYPES
  6. Action and Descriptive Words
  7. Acronyms, Eponyms, Neologisms, and Portmanteau Words
  8. Diction
  9. Foreign Expressions in English

Elliott L. Smith