Standardized tests and job interviews; civil service, high-school exit, and college entrance exams-these are just a few instances where vocabulary and spelling skills play a crucial role in your success. Standardized tests and job interviews; civil service, high-school exit, and college entrance exams-these are just a few instances where vocabulary and spelling skills play a crucial role in your success. Proven to have increased the skills of thousands already, Vocabulary & Spelling Success includes: A pretest to diagnose your word power Lessons with hundreds of exercises to build a new and extensive vocabulary A posttest that shows the progress you've made Crossword puzzles to practice the words you've learned, along with a helpful tips for remembering new words Essentials topics covered inside include: Definitions Pronunciation Spelling Words in Context Parts of Speech Denotation and Connotation Synonyms and Antonyms Prefixes and Suffixes Word Roots