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New_Fiske Final 5/10/06 9:14 AM Page 1 Raise A POWERFUL VOCABULARY WILL OPEN UP Your THE MOST EFFECTIVE SYSTEM FOR BUILDING A WORLD OF OPPORTUNITY Word IQ A VOCABULARY THAT GETS RESULTS FAST With Fiske WordPower you will quickly learn to write FISKE more effectively, communicate clearly, score higher Raise Your W Learn on standardized tests like the SAT, ACT or GRE Word IQ 1,000 Words and be more confident and persuasive in everything in Weeks you do. OR FISKE Using the exclusive Fiske system, you will no longer need to memorize words.You will learn their meanings and how to use them correctly. The Fiske system will enhance and expand your permanent vocabulary. This knowledge will stay with you longer and be easier to recall—and it doesn’t take any longer than less-effective memorization. D Fiske WordPower uses a simple three-part system: WORD 1. Patterns: Words aren’t arranged randomly or alphabetically, but in P similar groups that make words easier to remember over time. 2. Deeper Meanings, More Examples: Full explanations—not just brief definitions—of what the words mean, plus multiple examples of OW the words in sentences. POWER 3. Quick Quizzes: Frequent short quizzes help you test how much you’ve learned, while helping you retain word meanings. words you need to know (and can 1,0001,000 learn quickly) to: ✔ Build a powerful and persuasive vocabulary Fiske WordPower— E ✔ The MOST EFFECTIVE vocabulary-building Raise your word IQ ✔ Communicate clearly and effectively system that GETS RESULTS FAST. R ✔ Improve your writing skills ✔ Dramatically increase your reading comprehension Study Aids $11.95 U.S. ✔ Increase your SAT, ACT and other standardized test scores ISBN 13: 978-1-4022-0653-5 $16.95 CAN FISKE ISBN10: 1-4022-0653-4 MALLISON MANDELL EDWARD B. FISKE FORMER EDUCATION EDITOR OF THE NEW YORK TIMES JANE MALLISON AND MARGERY MANDELL Fiske WordPower_Internals 4/21/06 3:45 PM Page i FISKE WORD POWERPOWER THE EXCLUSIVE SYSTEM TO LEARN, NOT JUST MEMORIZE, ESSENTIAL WORDS EDWARD B. FISKE JANE MALLISON AND MARGERY MANDELL Fiske WordPower_Internals 4/21/06 3:45 PM Page ii Copyright © 2006 by Edward Fiske Cover and internal design © 2006 by Sourcebooks, Inc. Sourcebooks and the colophon are registered trademarks of Sourcebooks, Inc. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form or by any electronic or mechanical means including information storage and retrieval systems—except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles or reviews—without permission in writing from its publisher, Sourcebooks, Inc. Published by Sourcebooks, Inc. P.O. Box 4410, Naperville, Illinois 60567–4410 (630) 961–3900 Fax: (630) 961–2168 www.sourcebooks.com Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Fiske, Edward B. Fiske wordpower : the amazing new way to build your vocabulary / Edward Fiske, Jane Mallison, Margery Mandell. p. cm. ISBN: 978-1-4022-1991-7 Includes index. ISBN-13: 978-1-4022-0653-5 ISBN-10: 1-4022-0653-4 1. Vocabulary. 2. Vocabulary--Problems, exercises, etc. I. Mallison, Jane. II. Mandell, Margery. III. Title. IV. Title: Fiske word power. PE1449.F553 2006 428.1--dc22 2006012424 Printed and bound in the United States of America. LB 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Fiske WordPower_Internals 4/21/06 3:45 PM Page iii Fiske WordPower_Internals 4/21/06 3:45 PM Page iv Contents Acknowledgments . .ix Introduction . .1 Quiz . .10 Study Plan . .12 Stage One: Consciousness . .15 Chapter 1: Short Words . .17 Chapter 2: Putting Together/Taking Apart . .20 Chapter 3: Down from Mount Olympus . .23 Quick Quiz #1 . .26 Chapter 4: Give and Take . .27 Chapter 5: The Menagerie . .30 Chapter 6: Talking About Talking . .32 Quick Quiz #2 . .35 Chapter 7: What’s In? Who’s Out? . .36 Chapter 8: Something’s Coming . .39 Chapter 9: The Art of Losing . .42 Quick Quiz #3 . .44 Usage Test #1 . .45 Chapter 10: What’s Cookin’? . .47 Chapter 11: Fortune’s Fool . .50 Chapter 12: Stubborn as a Mule . .53 Quick Quiz #4 . .55 Chapter 13: Miss Manners . .56 Chapter 14: Be Bloody, Bold, and Resolute . .59 Chapter 15: Oddballs . .62 Quick Quiz #5 . .65 Chapter 16: Work Ethic . .66 Chapter 17: Words For the Ages . .69 Chapter 18: True Believers . .72 Quick Quiz #6 . .74 Usage Test #2 . .75 Chapter 19: Enemies, Adversaries, and Antagonists . .77 Chapter 20: Comrades, Cohorts, and Companions . .80 Chapter 21: Sounds Like, Smells Like . .83 Quick Quiz #7 . .85 Fiske WordPower_Internals 4/21/06 3:45 PM Page v Chapter 22: Them Thar’s Fightin’ Words . .86 Chapter 23: I’m Against That—Or Am I Next to It? . .89 Chapter 24: Splendor in the Grass . .92 Quick Quiz #8 . .94 Chapter 25: Farrago . .95 Chapter 26: I Beg of You . .98 Chapter 27: Me, Myself, and I . .101 Quick Quiz #9 . .104 Usage Test #3 . .104 Chapter 28: I Just Don’t Understand You . .106 Chapter 29: What A Relief . .109 Chapter 30: Bad Guys . .112 Quick Quiz #10 . .114 Chapter 31: Not-Quite-Naughty Words . .115 Chapter 32: “The Stream I Go A-fishing In” . .118 Chapter 33: Confound It! . .121 Quick Quiz #11 . .124 Chapter 34: Earth, Air, Fire, Water . .125 Chapter 35: Lighten Up! . .128 Chapter 36: Don’t Yell at Me! . .131 Quick Quiz #12 . .134 Usage Test #4 . .134 Stage Two: Competence . .137 Chapter 37: Speech Therapy . .138 Chapter 38: How Deep Is the Ocean, How High Is the Sky? . .141 Chapter 39: Sycophants Galore . .144 Quick Quiz #13 . .146 Chapter 40: Down with Everybody . .147 Chapter 41: Oh What a Tangled Web . .150 Chapter 42: The Words of War . .153 Quick Quiz #14 . .155 Chapter 43: Bored and Lazy . .156 Chapter 44: See What I Mean? . .159 Chapter 45: In Sickness and Health . .162 Quick Quiz #15 . .164 Usage Test #5 . .165 Chapter 46: Mad as a Hatter . .167 Chapter 47: Play It Again, Sam . ..