Updated with more memory tips, expanded review exercises, and an alphabetical word index, the new edition of this popular vocabulary-building book presents and defines more than 365 words that frequently appear on SAT exams. The book is divided into 35 lessons, each lesson consisting of a word cluster. Each cluster contains words that have similar meanings or apply to similar circumstances. For instance, students encounter the words conciliate, mediate, and mitigate, and learn how they have different meanings that can sometimes be confused. A review exercise follows every five lessons with questions that closely reflect those found on the actual SAT.
A native Long Islander, very happily married, and mother of three loveable sons, Linda Carnevale has been writing college preparatory books for BARRON'S Educational Series Publishers since 2000. Titles include HOT WORDS for the SAT and SAT2400: Aiming for the Perfect Score. A distinguished alumna of Columbia University's Teacher College where she earned a Master of Arts in English Education with an emphasis in nonfiction writing, Carnevale (a sought after SAT and ACT verbal coach) presents two Websites that specialize in college admissions support: www.SelectTutorsPrep.com ~ New York's Premier Academic Matchmaking Service ~ and www.CollegeEssayDoctors.com.
Mrs. Carnevale has been a tenured teacher of English at Cold Spring Harbor High School, a nationally-ranked TOP 100 Gold Medal School. Among her dozens of local and national published credits are Long Island Quarterly literary journal, Conde Naste's BRIDE'S Magazine, Modern Bride magazine, and - most recently - PAUMANOK: Poems & Pictures of Long Island (Hardcover Anthology, 2010).
