The Mayan Mission: Another Mission. Another Country. Another Action-Packed Adventure. 1,000 New SAT Vocabulary Words

337 Pages·2005·1.83 MB·English

by  Karen B. Chapman

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THE
MAYAN
MISSION
Another Mission. Another Country.
Another Action-Packed Adventure.
1,000 New *SAT
Vocabulary Words
Karen B. Chapman
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THE
MAYAN
MISSION
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THE
MAYAN
MISSION
Another Mission. Another Country.
Another Action-Packed Adventure.
1,000 New *SAT
Vocabulary Words
Karen B. Chapman
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Table of Contents
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A Pejorative Label 1
2
Felicitous News 17
3
An Interminable Journey 27
4
Hardy Survivors 49
5
Poised on the Precipice 61
6
Resolving an Imbroglio 79
7
Empirical Evidence 89
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An Odious Operation 101
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An Audacious Plan 111
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Effulgent Nuggets of Gold 129
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A Harbinger of Things to Come 141
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Incontrovertible Proof 155
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An Incendiary Spark 173
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A Tortuous Trail 189
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The Day of Reckoning 199
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Hackneyed Advice 211
Exercises 219
Tricky Twosomes 221
Hot Topics for SAT Vocabulary 231
Chapter Reviews 249
Answers 275
Vocabulary List 279
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About the Author
Karen B. Chapman, Ph.D., grew up in upstate New York and graduated
from Cornell University with a B.S. in Biology. She received a Ph.D. in
Molecular Biology and Genetics from John Hopkins University School of
Medicine and went on to complete postdoctoral fellowships at both the
Pasteur Institute in Paris and Harvard Medical School. Currently, she
resides in Northern California with her husband and four young children.
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