Defining New Moon: Vocabulary Workbook for Unlocking the SAT, ACT, GED, and SSAT (Defining Series)

195 Pages·2009·2.27 MB·English

by  Brian Leaf

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new moon
defining
Vocabulary Workbook for Unlocking
the *SAT, ACT®, GED®, and SSAT®
Brian Leaf, M.A.
Defi ning New Moon: Vocabulary Workbook for Unlocking the *SAT, ACT®, GED®, and SSAT®
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data:
Leaf, Brian.
Defi ning new moon : vocabulary workbook for unlocking the SAT, ACT,
GED, and SSAT / Brian Leaf.
p. cm.
ISBN-13: 978-0-470-53299-7
ISBN-10: 0-470-53299-8
1. Vocabulary tests--Study guides. 2.  Vocabulary--Study and teaching (Secondary)
3.  Educational tests and measurements--Study guides.  I. Title. II. Title: Vocabulary workbook
for unlocking the SAT, ACT, GED, and SSAT.
PE1449.L28 2009
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Acknowledgments
Thanks to Stephenie Meyer for her storytelling and her terrifi c
vocabulary. Thanks to my agent Linda Roghaar and my fantastic
editors at Wiley, Greg Tubach and Carol Pogoni. Thanks to Amy Sell,
Malati Chavali, and Adrienne Fontaine at Wiley for getting the word
out. Thanks to Pam Weber-Leaf for great editing tips, Zach Nelson for
sage marketing advice, Ian Curtis for assiduous proofreading, Manny
and Susan Leaf for everything, and of course, thanks most of all to
Gwen and Noah for love, support, and inspiration.
Table of Contents
About the Author viii
How to Use This Book viii
Group 1: Callous Prophecy 1
Group 2: Impasse 5
Group 3: Con(cid:415) ngency Plan 9
Group 4: Blanched Trio 13
Group 5: Ravenous Vampires 17 Group 6: Thwarted Plans 22
Group 7: Macabre 26
Quiz 1 21
Group 8: Tenuous Composure 30
Group 9: Precipice 34
Group 10: Severed! 38
Quiz 2 42
Group 11: Morose 43
Group 12: A Nebulous Threat 47
Group 13: A Beau(cid:415) ful Rebuke 51
Group 14: Aff able Jake 55 Group 16: Diversions 64
Group 15: Perquisites 59 Group 17: Gruesome 68
Group 18: Less Potent
Quiz 3 63
Nightmares 72
Group 19: Another Abrupt
Departure 76
Group 20: James’s Coven 80
Quiz 4 84
Groups 1–20 Review 85
Group 21: Canine? 86
Group 22: Malicious Desire 90
Group 23: Taboo Dreams 94
Group 24: Jake’s New Agility? 98
Group 25: Mythical Monsters 102
Group 26: Transforma(cid:415) on 107
Quiz 5 106 Group 27: Ta(cid:425) ered Remnants 111
Group 28: Avenging 115
Group 29: Velvet Intona(cid:415) on 119
Group 30: Sheer Menace 123
Quiz 6 127
Group 31: Allegiance? 128
Group 32: An Egregious Lapse 132
Group 33: Transgressing 136
Group 34: Imminent Landing 140
Group 35: Through the Throngs 144
Quiz 7 148
Group 36: Surreal 149
Group 37: Deference 153
Group 38: Subjec(cid:415) ve Visions? 157
Group 39: S(cid:415) lted Apologies 161
Group 40: Epiphany! 165
Quiz 8 169
Groups 21–40 Review 170
Quiz and Review Solu(cid:415) ons 171
Glossary 173
About the Author
Brian Leaf, M.A., is the author of Defi ning Twilight and the four-
book SAT and ACT test-prep series McGraw-Hill’s Top 50 Skills. He is
Director of the New Leaf Learning Center in Massachusetts, and has
provided SAT, ACT, GED, SSAT, and GRE preparation to thousands
of students throughout the United States. Brian also works with the
Georgetown University Offi ce of Undergraduate Admissions as an
alumni interviewer, and is a certifi ed yoga instructor and avid meditator.
For more information, visit his Web site at www.brianleaf.com.
How to Use This Book
This workbook contains 40 groups of vocabulary words selected from
New Moon. Many of these words will show up on your SAT, ACT,
GED, or SSAT. Beginning at Group 1, refer to the New Moon page
where each vocabulary word appears. Read the word in context and
come up with a defi nition. Then check your defi nitions against those
provided in this workbook and make corrections. I’ll also show you
synonyms, word parts, and memorization tools. Read these over a few
times, and then complete the drills. Do that for all 40 groups. There’s
no easier or more fun way to learn 600 vocabulary words! By the end
of this book, your vocabulary will be larger, your test scores will be
higher, and you’ll be a New Moon scholar!
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