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The American Heritage Dictionary Define-a-Thon for the High School Graduate offers an entertaining way to help high school students and graduates become vocabulary masters. Written by the editors of the American Heritage dictionaries, this book will encourage students and parents alike to energize their word power. The book has two parts—a challenge section and an answers section. Each question in the challenge section consists of a definition along with four candidate words, of which only one is correct. The answers section gives the correct answer and shows that word in an example sentence. It also provides word histories and quotations by respected authors. All the candidate words are defined, and there is a separate list of the correct answers for quick look-up. The American Heritage Dictionary Define-a-Thon for the High School Graduate offers a fun and easy way for anyone who enjoys language to get on good terms with some useful new words and to appreciate the importance of a strong vocabulary.
Based on the authoritative American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition, the Office Edition has been completely updated; every single entry has been reviewed and revised as necessary. Its thousands of new words and senses, such as antiquark, earbud, and the verb sense of friend, reflect recent developments in the sciences, technology, and popular culture. Hundreds of photographs and drawings enhance the text, and several tables such as the periodic table of the elements and a table of units of measurement provide helpful data in a useful visual format. Forming the heart of the dictionary, however, are its more than 70,000 entry words, whose clear, straightforward definitions--supplemented by pronunciations, inflections of irregular verbs and plural nouns, and selected etymologies--make the Office Edition of the American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition, an essential reference for the office, school, or home.
Presents a dictionary for college and advanced high school students which in addition to word definitions also includes a punctuation and style guide, notes on word origins, and a gazetteer of countries, states, and capitals.
For those who prefer large print, this new edition of the popular AMERICAN HERITAGE DICTIONARY provides authoritative up-to-date information in a large-print, easy-to-read format. It includes more than 35,000 definitions, with the most current, central meaning given first in each entry.
A brand new edition of this outstanding resource, fully revised, with hundreds of new words, abundant example sentences, helpful usage notes, and photographs.
Fully updated for 2010, America's favorite high school dictionary is the ideal reference for students and families.
The meanings of more than 2,000 age-appropriate vocabulary words are enhanced by 850 full-color photographs and drawings and hundreds of instructive feature notes.
This brand-new edition of this bestselling children's dictionary covers all the vocabulary young readers need today. More than 2,000 new words make this the most comprehensive and up-to-date children's dictionary available.
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Discusses the nature, origins, and development of language and lists the meanings and associated word for more than thirteen thousand Indo-European root words.