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Words are our tools for learning and communicating. A proficient and robust vocabulary is critical to success in school, business, the professions, AND standardized tests such as the PSATand SAT. But even the most dedicated students dread memorizing long lists of seemingly random words.

Like its companion book "Volume 1," "Direct Hits Toughest Vocabulary of the SAT Volume 2 "offers an approach that places the words in a context students can easily understand and remember. The books include the following features:

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Das Deonomasticon Italicum bietet eine systematische historische Aufarbeitung und Kommentierung der Lexeme des Italienischen, die von Eigennamen abgeleitet sind. Erfasst werden Ableitungen von geographischen Namen, einschlielich des wort- und kulturgeschichtlich besonders interessanten Bereichs der Ethnika, sowie Ableitungen von Personennamen. Der erste Teil des Worterbuchs (4 Bande) gilt den Ableitungen von geographischen Namen; der zweite Teil (ca. 2 Bande) den Personennamen. Die Erscheinungsweise wurde ab Teil zwei von Faszikeln auf Bande umgestellt.

Rather than presenting a reverse list of words in endless sequence and strictly alphabetical order, this Reverse English Dictionary considers the structure and formation of words, grouping them together in sections and subdivisions.

This way of looking at words from behind and comparing similar word endings reveals new and unaccustomed aspects of the structure of words and their formation, illustrating the enormous variety of the English language.

Measuring Second Language Vocabulary Acquisition provides an examination of the background to testing vocabulary knowledge in a second language and in particular considers the effect that word frequency and lexical coverage have on learning and communication in a foreign language. It examines the tools we have for assessing the various facets of vocabulary knowledge such as aural and written word recognition, the link with word meaning, and vocabulary depth. These are illustrated and the scores they produce are demonstrated to provide normative data. Vocabulary acquisition from course...