Mastering Vocabulary Skills

Mastering Vocabulary Skills

Product details

  • Author: Eliza Comodromos and Paul Langan
  • SKU/ISBN: 978-1-59194-558-1
  • Year: 2019
  • Page count: 198
  • Reading level: 12+
  • Availability: In stock
$12.90

Overview

Mastering Vocabulary Skills was formerly titled Advanced Word Power, 2/e.

It is the most advanced text in the Townsend Press Vocabulary Series.

The best Vocabulary Series just got better—with new editions and updated digital offerings. With its signature words-in-context approach and abundance of lively, varied, and engaging activities, the Vocabulary Series has helped countless students expand their working vocabulary. Featuring hundreds of fresh items, color photos, and updated design, this new print edition teaches 300 essential words suitable for students reading at grade levels 12+.

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Key Features


The Words-in-Context Approach. Students learn new words by encountering them in meaningful contexts, not through rote memorization. Our books provide at least six different contexts for each vocabulary word!

Abundant Practice. Each book is packed with activities, exercises, unit reviews, and tests that prompt students to interact closely with each new vocabulary word. The result: students' word banks grow.

Appealing Content. Dull materials discourage learning. Our books avoid that. Each features high-interest passages students will want to read.

Relevant Words.  Words from the series were drawn from word frequency lists with alignment to state standards and high-stakes tests. The aim: to equip students with the words they need to know.

Affordability. This print vocabulary book teaches 300 key words and is priced at $12.90. Bundles of the print book + Vocabulary Plus are value-priced at just $17.90 each.

Outstanding Supplements. Free supplements include:

  • Placement Test. The TP Vocabulary Placement Test is made up of 100 multiple-choice items drawn from Townsend Press vocabulary books. A student's score on this test may be used to determine which TP vocabulary book would be most beneficial to that student. Free and available online or in print. 
  • Instructor's Edition. Instructor's Editions for all of the vocabulary books are available to teachers with a class adoption of 20 or more books. They are identical to the student books except that they contain answers to all of the activities and tests.
  • Instructor's Manual and Test Bank. Available as a PDF for each Vocabulary Series book, the Instructor's Manual and Test Bank contains the Vocabulary Placement Test as well as a pretest and a posttest for the book and for each of its units. It also contains teaching guidelines, suggested syllabi, answer keys, and an additional mastery test for each chapter and unit. Free to educators with an approved account in the Learning Center.
  • The Learning Center. Free to educators with an approved account, the Learning Center is a digital learning environment that provides resources to accompany the Vocabulary Series. It includes PowerPoints, assessments, and much more!

Digital Options. This textbook can be bundled with Vocabulary Plus, a powerful online vocabulary-building program that brings ALL the content of our famously clear, user friendly, Vocabulary Series directly to your tablet, smartphone, or computer. Download a complete brochure to learn more, or visit our Learning Center.

*Note: Students must have a paid subscription to access Vocabulary Plus materialsClick here to learn more about subscription options, including discounted digital/textbook bundles.

    Changes in this Edition:

    Hundreds of new items: The latest edition vocabulary titles feature brand new sentence items, revised/updated context clues, and in many cases, entirely new passages.

     


    Photos added to chapter readings: Final Check activities in this and all new edition vocabulary texts now feature full color images to add context and interest for visual learners.

     


    Updated digital content: All new and revised items in our printed books have also been released in Vocabulary Plus, our web-based digital vocabulary building program.

     


     


    Broader, more universal appeal: TP's Vocabulary Series was originally developed for college students in the early 1990's. Updated regularly, the series remains popular in colleges today but is also used in adult literacy centers, and increasingly, in middle and high schools. Recognizing this broadening audience, our editors have carefully calibrated each book in this revision cycle to feature content and situations suited to readers of all ages. This impulse has led to changes in each activity, chapter, test, and unit review for all nine books—making the series better than ever!
     


     

    Re-sequenced items: This and all new edition vocabulary titles have had test and practice answers shuffled and re-sequenced. This effort invalidates answers posted online and discourages cheating. Answers in Vocabluary Plus have also been updated (and feature their own shuffle capability).

     



    Download a complete brochure or visit our Learning Center to explore Vocabulary Plus Independent Study for your classes.

    Word List
     


    aberration
    abstemious
    abstract
    abstruse
    accolade
    accommodate
    acquiesce
    aesthetic
    affable
    affinity
    altercation
    ambivalence
    ameliorate
    amicable
    anarchy
    anomaly
    apocryphal
    appall
    archaic
    arduous
    articulate
    ascetic
    assent
    assiduous
    assuage
    astute
    authoritarian
    aversion
    belittle
    biased
    blasphemy
    blithe
    bombastic
    brevity
    brusque
    buoyant
    cacophony
    cajole
    callous
    capitulate
    capricious
    catalyst
    catharsis
    caustic
    censure
    chastise
    circumspect
    clairvoyant
    clamor
    clemency
    coalesce
    cognizant
    colloquial
    commiserate
    composure
    conciliatory
    congenital
    contiguous
    contract
    convivial
    copious
    cordial
    crass
    credulous
    cultivate

    dearth
    debilitate
    decadence
    defame
    deference
    delineate
    depravity
    deprecate
    desecrate
    despot
    desultory
    devious
    diatribe
    didactic
    diffident
    diminutive
    discerning
    discordant
    discrepancy
    disparage
    dispassionate
    dissonance
    duplicity
    eclectic
    edifice
    efface
    effervescent
    egregious
    eloquent
    elucidate
    elusive
    enervate
    engender
    enmity
    ephemeral
    equanimity
    equivocal
    erroneous
    erudite
    eulogy
    evanescent
    exalt
    exemplary
    expedient
    extol
    extraneous
    exuberance
    fallacious
    fervor
    fledgling
    formidable
    frivolous
    garner
    garrulous
    gratuitous
    gravity
    grueling
    guile
    hackneyed
    haphazard
    hardy
    heed
    heist
    heretic
    hindrance
    hyperbole
    hypocrisy
    iconoclast
    immutable
    impassive
    incessant
    incidental
    incipient
    incisive
    incite
    incontrovertible
    incorrigible
    indefatigable
    indict
    indigent
    indoctrinate
    induce
    inexorable
    infraction
    ingratiate
    inscrutable
    insipid
    insolvent
    insurgent
    intangible
    intractable
    irascible
    irrefutable
    irresolute
    jargon
    judicious
    kindle
    laconic
    lampoon
    languish
    lassitude
    laudable
    lavish
    levity
    listless
    loquacious
    ludicrous
    malevolent
    marred
    meager
    meander
    misanthrope
    mollify
    morose
    nefarious
    negate
    negligent
    nonchalance
    obliterate
    obtuse
    officious
    opaque
    opulence
    painstaking
    paradigm
    paragon
    parochial
    parsimonious
    partisan
    paucity
    peerless
    peripheral
    peruse
    phenomenon
    pique
    placate
    placid
    pompous
    ponderous
    potent
    preclude
    precocious
    predecessor
    predilection
    premonition
    prerogative
    prestigious
    prodigal
    prodigious
    profane
    profusion
    progeny
    propriety
    provincial
    proximity
    pugnacious
    querulous
    quixotic
    raze
    rebuff
    recalcitrant
    recapitulate
    recluse
    rectify
    renounce
    renown
    reproach
    rescind
    resigned
    resolution
    respite
    retract
    reverent
    rigorous
    sagacious
    salutary
    satirical
    scanty
    scrutinize
    serene
    servile
    somber
    soporific
    spurious
    spurn
    stagnant
    static
    steadfast
    stealthy
    stoic
    stupor
    subjugate
    submissive
    substantiate
    sullen
    supercilious
    supplant
    suppress
    surmise
    surreptitious
    sycophant
    tacit
    taciturn
    tactless
    tawdry
    temerity
    temper
    therapeutic
    thwart
    tirade
    torpor
    trepidation
    trite
    turbulence
    unassailable
    uniform
    unimpeachable
    unobtrusive
    unscathed
    untenable
    urbane
    usurp
    vacillate
    vilify
    virtuoso
    virulent
    vitriolic
    volatile
    voluminous
    voracious
    wanton
    whet
    whimsical
    writhe
    zany

      Supplementary Materials

      Mastering Vocabulary Skills includes the following supplements:

      Placement Test. The TP Vocabulary Placement Test is made up of 100 multiple-choice items drawn from Townsend Press vocabulary books. A student's score on this test may be used to determine which TP vocabulary book would be most beneficial to that student. Free and available online or in print.



       


      An Instructor's Edition. Instructor's Editions for all of the vocabulary books are available to teachers with a class adoption of 20 or more students. They are identical to the student books except that they contain answers to all of the activities and tests.


       

       


      A combined Instructor's Manual and Test Bank. Available as a PDF for each Vocabulary Series book, the Instructor's Manual and Test Bank contains the Vocabulary Placement Test as well as a pretest and a posttest for the book and for each of its units. It also contains teaching guidelines, suggested syllabi, answer keys, and an additional mastery test for each chapter and unit. Free to educators with an approved account in the Learning Center.
       


      The Learning Center. Free to educators with an approved account, the Learning Center is a digital learning environment that provides resources to accompany the Vocabulary Series. It includes PowerPoints, assessments, and much more! Along with these free materials, the Learning Center also hosts Vocabulary Plus, a comprehensive subscription-based word-building program that brings all the content of our vocabulary text to students' fingertips. Learn more here.
       



      Print supplements can be obtained quickly by calling Townsend Press toll-free at (800) 772-6410, by sending a fax on school letterhead to 1-800-225-8894, or by e-mailing Customer Service at cs@townsendpress.com.

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