23 of 25 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Good books that are straightforward., December 8, 2002
By A Customer
My high school used these books. I also found them tedious, but I was in high school and I found everything tedious. The practice of applying myself to something that was less entertaining than I wished was valuable and necessary. I would never have gotten very far in life, and would certainly never have been successful in college unless I learned the skills that these books emphasized: vocabulary, standardized testing skills, and practice concentrating and memorizing.
I do remember thinking back in high school that they actually worked. Each section uses the same week's vocabulary words in different sections that are used on the SAT, ACT, GRE and other standardized tests, such as synonyms, antonyms, and analogies (the hardest to me!) After each section, I actually remembered the meaning of every word because I'd used them in so many different ways.
I would recommend these books to other students. I also have to say that any mother who encourages her child to give up on completing these books is doing both their child and herself a great disservice. She will realize it when her child returns home to live with her as an adult after having failed at other things that are "boring".
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16 of 17 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
A Excellent Vocabulary Workbook, April 28, 2000
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This is an excellent book to improve your vocabulary skills. Excercises include analogy, synonyms, antonyms, sentence completion... An excellent tool to prepare you for the SAT verbal.
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12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Excellent vocabularly builder, March 28, 2000
By A Customer
This is an excellent vocabulary book which will help all the way through high school. Although dull, I would highly reccommend this book to any eighth or ninth grader who plans to excel in their high school years
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