Illustrated Word Smart: A Visual Vocabulary Builder

by Tom Meltzer, The Princeton Review

FROM THE CREATORS OF WORD SMART
AN EASIER AND BETTER WAY TO LEARN VOCABULARY

Ever look up a word in the dictionary and forget what it means a week later?

*Here's a breakthrough approach!  Includes 250 entries (all key SAT words) with original illustrations and simple memory techniques

*Illustrated Word Smart helps you to memorize important words without having to labor over long vocabulary lists

*Provides complete definitions, pronunciation keys, parts of speech, plus end-of-chapter quizzes

*Features a special collection of skill-building crosswords and word puzzles by Stanley Newman, puzzle creator for People, Sport, and Games magazines.

368 pages, Paperback

First published June 22, 1999

Reviews

[Nicol · Rating 4 out of 5]

My kids enjoyed the comical drawings that relate the idea of the word. There are 250 words in this book that appear the most frequently on the difficult portions of the SAT test. This book uses mnemonic devices like drawings, rhymes, and phrases similar to the vocabulary word to help in memorizing. For example, ABSTRUSE is broken down into I'm ABSolutely TRuly confUSEd. Or REPLETE. I eat and eat 'til I'm REPLETE. I recommend this for anyone who wants to expand their kids or their own vocabulary without the boring rote memorization. It really works.

[Ruth · Rating 4 out of 5]

I find this reference book very funny. Lol! I love the illustrations.