To be a successful college student, you need a college-level vocabulary. Improving your vocabulary will make you a better reader, speaker, and writer. There are some techniques that can help you improve your vocabulary.

Match these techniques and tools with their definitions. Remember, in trying to determine the meaning of an unfamiliar word, you may need to employ all of these techniques in combination.
1 A) B) C) D) E) F) G) H) I) When you come across an unfamiliar word in your reading, the first step you should take toward discovering its meaning is to look for __________. This is what surrounds it, and includes the sentence it appears in, other nearby sentences, or even the whole article. 2 A) B) C) D) E) F) G) H) I) When you are using __________, you can discover the meaning of a word by breaking it down into its parts. Knowing the meaning of the word parts should help you decipher the word’s meaning. 3 A) B) C) D) E) F) G) H) I) The __________ is the main part of the word. 4 A) B) C) D) E) F) G) H) I) A __________ comes before the root. 5 A) B) C) D) E) F) G) H) I) A __________ comes after the root. 6 A) B) C) D) E) F) G) H) I) Looking up an unfamiliar word in the __________ should be your last recourse for determining the meaning of a word. You may find several different definitions for a particular word. You need to pick the one that fits the word in its sentence. 7 A) B) C) D) E) F) G) H) I) __________ are a words or phrases with the same “name” or pronunciation, but different spellings or meanings. 8 A) B) C) D) E) F) G) H) I) A __________ is an equation that uses words instead of numbers. Many standardized tests have sections that feature verbal analogies. Verbal analogies not only test your knowledge of vocabulary words, but also your ability to see relationships between words and the concepts the words represent. Word analogies can involve many kinds of relationships Some common relationships that appear in word analogies are synonym, antonym, and cause-and-effect. 9 A) B) C) D) E) F) G) H) I) A __________ is a special kind of word book organized by categories that enables you to refine your writing by helping you select precisely the right word for any given situation. This book gives synonyms for the most common nouns, verbs, adjectives, and adverbs in the English language.			Answer choices for questions 1 through 9 A) Context B) Word Structure C) Verbal Analogy D) Dictionary E) Root F) Homonyms G) Prefix H) Suffix I) Thesaurus