Publisher's Comments
Knowing which words to use and how to use them is key to communicating accurately and effectively. That's why more than one million people have used this book to improve their vocabularies.
To find out which words you absolutely need to know, The Princeton Review researched the vocabularies of educated adults. We analyzed newspapers from The New York Times To The Wall Street Journal, magazines from Time to Scientific American, and books from current bestsellers to classics. We threw out the words that most people know and focused on the words that most people misunderstand or misuse.
We also combed through the SAT and other standardized tests to determien which words are tested most frequently. In this updated fourth edition, we give you the most important words you need to know to score higher.
Word Smart includes
- 1505 words you need to know to score higher on the SAT and other standardized Tests.
- Common usage errors
- Most frequently tested words on standardized tests
- Foreign phrases, abbreviations, and terms you need to know to understand finance, science, computers and technology, and the arts.
