The Princeton Review Wordsmart I Audio Program: How to Build a More Educated Vocabulary

by Adam Robinson

WORD SMART

The words you use say a lot about you. Some words say that you are smart, persuasive, and informed. Others say that you don't know what you're talking about. Knowing which words to use and how to use them are keys to getting the most from your mind and to communicating effectively.

   Based on the best-selling book, Word Smart   on cassette will help you learn the words you absolutely need to know. To find these words, the Princeton Review researched the vocabularies of educated adults. It analyzed newspapers like the New York Times and the Wall Street Journal , books from best-sellers to the classics, and standardized tests like the SAT and GRE. The words included in this interactive program are those that appear most frequently and are often misused or misunderstood.



Here's what Word Smart

words grouped by subject
concise, accurate definitions
lively, humorous examples and stories to illustrate meanings
mnemonics (memory devices)

Genres: Reference, Language, Self Help, Nonfiction, Writing, Audiobook

Audio Cassette

First published January 1, 1988

Reviews

[Zak Marcom]

I studied this book until it was in tatters. Still know about 90 percent of the words in it. Much better pronunciation method than any dictionary I've used. The word lists in the back were my favorite. I removed them and taped them to my walls.

[Caroline Mckiernan]

I used this to help me with the GRE, and it's great because it makes words that are frequently used whose meanings often go unknown accessible.

I'm going to start helping my daughter improve her vocabulary with this.

Hands down better than the rest of the vocabulary improvement books out there :).

[Xiaohong Zhou]

This book help me to score 1800 GRE 21 years ago.
I just dug it out from a old bookcase, reviewed the words and memories of my youth.

[Amy]

While not a good book to stand alone for learning vocabulary, it works well as a supplement to another vocabulary program. As we learned new words in another vocabulary book, we looked them up in Word Smart, reading the entries and the example sentences. Its strengths are the selection of words commonly used in educated discourse, the good working definitions of the words in their most common usage, and the accompanying entertaining sentences. The weaknesses are that the entries are alphabetical rather than topical, which doesn't help students form connections between words, and that each word is only used in one exercise, which is inadequate review. I recommend it as a frequently used reference for vocabulary but not as a book to read and work through from beginning to end.

[Julene]

This is a sweet book! Like it says on the back, "improving your vocabulary is important, but where do you start?" This book has 823 words to build your vocab in an effective and fun format. I was recently reading another book and nearly every word I came across in it that I needed clarification on was in Word Smart. Some of my friends and I had a way fun time learning and using new words from this book!

[Robyn]

This book is the reason I got a near perfect SAT verbal score (780!) The funny sentences help you remember what the words mean.

[Nora Reign]

I am always in the midst of 'reading' this one, along with it's companion, Word Smart II. Vocabulary in itself is a beautiful word and seeing it should be a constant journey.

[♥ Caitlin]

This book is very helpful to those who want to improve their vocabulary. The definitions were very easy to remember and less complicated than they can be in dictionaries.

[Ariadna73]

Very interesting; well organized and entertaining. I learned a word or two and I am very proud each time I have an opportunity to use one.

[Olivia]

Excellent resource for vocabulary.

[Elizabeth]

used audiobook

[Joan]

Good resource

[Carolyn Lockwood]

Excellent resource.

[Donald Trump]

very useful vocabulary book. The best thing is the book is accompanied with a record which you can listen to in order to consolidate the vocabulary.

[Yvette Zárate]

good reference book. I read this in high school.

[Karen]

Still plugging along trying to enhance my vocabulary!