The new edition of this popular classroom supplement features 40 updated lessons containing word lists, definitions, pronunciation notes, and information on word origins and usage. Exercises, games, and puzzles facilitate vocabulary building, making this title a fine preparation tool for standardized verbal and language tests, notably the SAT and ACT college entrance tests. A new section added to this edition presents a series of brief essay passages that put into context the new words taken from the book’s vocabulary list.

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The third edition of the Dictionary of American History (Stanley I. Kutler, ed. in chief) is the first comprehensive revisionof the classic Scribner reference source, originally published in 1940.Entries from previous editions have been updated and revised in lightof historical developments and current scholarship, and over 800entirely new entries have been commissioned to cover recent events("Bush v. Gore") and topics neglected by previous editions ("HarlemRenaissance"). This work will serve students, scholars, and the interested generalreader in search of a quick and authoritative reference covering a widerange of topics in American history-from the well-studied to the obscure.