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504 Absolutely Essential Words
Fifth Edition
This book presents and reviews the essential words you need to know and correctly use for fluency in spoken and written English. You’ll find 42 brief, effective word-building lessons, each introducing 12 new words in sample sentences and short articles. Fill-in-the-blanks exercises in each lesson will help you gauge you word-building progress.
New in this edition—
100 frequently misspelled words 125 additional difficult—but essential—wordsSynopsis
This carefully selected vocabulary collection is the essential core of words that need to be known and correctly used by middle schoolers, ESL students, and other adults for whom English is a second language. It presents 42 brief but effective word-building lessons. Each lesson introduces twelve new words contained in sample sentences and short articles. Fill-in-the-blanks exercises help students gauge their word-building progress.