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 Table of Contents
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Common Word Roots . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Common Prefixes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Prefixes that Denote Negativism . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Common Suffixes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Key Words
Unit 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Unit 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Unit 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Unit 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Unit 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Unit 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Unit 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Unit 8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Unit 9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Unit 10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Unit 11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Unit 12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Unit 13 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Unit 14 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Unit 15 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Unit 16 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Unit 17 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Unit 18 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
Unit 19 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
Unit 20 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
Unit 21 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
Unit 22 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
Unit 23 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
Unit 24 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
Unit 25 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
Unit 26 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208
Unit 27 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216
Unit 28 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224
Unit 29 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232
Unit 30 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240
Unit 31 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248
Unit 32 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256
Unit 33 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 264
Unit 34 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272
Unit 35 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 280
Unit 36 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 288
Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 296

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 Introduction
You will hear it again and again: “The best way to get a good vocabulary is to read a lot.” It is true.
This book is designed to give you supplemental help in acquiring a good vocabulary. The format of
Key Words for High Achievers presents you with a diagnostic test and checks on your retention of the
words in both the diagnostic and the models. All of the words have been taken from vocabulary
expectation lists for honors students and from books on the reading lists for Advanced Placement test in
English Language and Composition and English Literature and Composition. Command of the words
in this book will provide you with the sophisticated vocabulary that advanced readers, writers, and
speakers possess and employ.

Each of the 36 units is whole and independent. Each contains a pre-test, word modeling, a quick
match, and pre-test and quick-match answer keys.

How To Use This Book

1. Pre-test yourself on the 32 words in the unit.
2. Check your answers in the pre-test answer key located at the back of each unit.
3. Study the word modeling, which provides the following:
• correct spelling of the word
Example: anecdote
• pronunciation for the word (broken down phonetically by syllables, with the stressed syllable
capitalized)
Example: AN ek dote
• part of speech identification
Example: noun
• definition of the word
Example: short story; brief narrative
• context for the word (a sentence demonstrating the proper usage of the word)
Example: Public speakers often use an anecdote to illustrate a point.
• other forms of the word (if applicable)
Example: anecdotal (adjective)
4. Re-test yourself with the quick-match review located at the back of each unit.
5. Check your answers in the quick-match answer key.
Good luck with your work, and happy wordsmithing.

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 Common Word Roots
Root Meaning Example
-ambul- to walk ambulatory
-anthropo- humankind anthropology
-arbor- tree arboreal
-arch- rule, govern hierarchy
-aristo- best aristocracy
-bibl- book bibliography
-bio- life biography
-ced-, -cess- move secede
-chrom- color chromatic
-cis- cut incision
-cid- kill homicide
-cogn- know incognito
-corpor- body corporation
-cosm- world cosmic
-cred- believe credible
-crypt- secret cryptic
-dem- people democracy
-dict- speak dictate
-duct- lead conduct
-dyn- power dynamo
-ego- self egomania
-erg- work ergonomics
-flect-, -flex- bend reflect, reflex
-flor- flower floral
-fluct-, -flux- flow influx
-gam- marriage bigamy
-gen- to (be) produced genealogy
-geo- earth autograph
-glos-, -glot- tongue polyglot
-graph- write geography
-gyn- woman gynecology
-helio- sun heliometry
-hem-, -hemat- blood hematoma, hematology
-hydr- water hydraulic

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 Common Word Roots (cont.)

Root Meaning Example

-ject- throw eject
-jud- judge judicial
-jur- law jury
-kine- motion kinetic
-lingu- tongue bilingual
-loqu- speak eloquence
-merc- sell merchant
-meter- measure parameter
-morph- change metamorphosis
-mort- dead mortify
-necro- corpse necrophobia
-palp- feel palpable
-path- disease pathology
-pend- hang pending
-petr- rock petrology
-phag- eating pantophagous
-phon- sound telephone
-phil- love hemophiliac
-phob- fear acrophobia
-phot- light photosynthesis
-plut- wealth plutocracy
-polis-, -polit city metropolis, metropolitan
-roga- ask interrogation
-rupt- break rupture
-sanct- holy sanctify
-sangui- blood sanguine
-scop- see microscope
-sequ- follow sequel
-soma- body somatic
-somn- sleep somnolence
-tax-, -tact- order taxonomy, tactics
-tempor- time temporal
-thanas-, -thanat- death euthanasia
-theo- god theology
-therm- heat thermodynamics
-vir- man virile
-vol- will voluntary
-volv-, volu- roll revolve, convolute
-vor- devour voracious

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 Common Prefixes
Prefix Meaning Example
ab- away, away from aberration
acer- sharp acerbic
ad- to, toward adjure
ben- good beneficent
cen- center centrifugal
circum- around circumspect
com- with complement
con- with convivial
contra- against, opposite contradict
counter- against, opposite countermand
de- down deprecate
dis- not disavow
eff- out efflorescent
em- within embroil
en- within encroach
equi- equal, same equivalent
eu- good euphony
ex- out, out of exodus
im- in, into impel
im- not impervious
meta- beyond metamorphosis
ob- in the way obviate
pre- before precipitate
pro- for proclivity
pseudo- false pseudonym
trans- across transmute
un- not unequivocal

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