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1100 Words You Need to Know
A Barron's bestseller for years, this book is better than ever in a brand new fourth edition. In addition to its standard vocabulary lists, this edition includes a new section called Panorama of Words. In this feature, each of the 1100 words appears in a sentence selected from among well known novels, plays, poems, and even newspaper editorials and TV broadcasts. The book is a vocabulary builder aimed directly at college-bound high school students, as well as college students who need extra vocabulary help. Students will find word lists with definitions, analogy exercises, entertaining word games, and fascinating words-in-context exercises.
384 pages, Paperback
First published September 1, 2000
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October 28, 2018
I used this book as an online course in memrise.com due to its effective method to improve the memorizing process of the words and also the available pronunciations and more synonyms. Here is the URL of the course I used:
https://www.memrise.com/course/336961...
Moreover, I bought a printed version of the book to solve its practices. These words are not as familiar to foreign people as the TOEFL words since they are more scholarly and less used in movies, books, and everyday conversations. So, in order to memorize them better, I needed to see the usage of these words in different phrases and solve some practices which are available in various forms in the printed version of this book.
https://www.memrise.com/course/336961...
Moreover, I bought a printed version of the book to solve its practices. These words are not as familiar to foreign people as the TOEFL words since they are more scholarly and less used in movies, books, and everyday conversations. So, in order to memorize them better, I needed to see the usage of these words in different phrases and solve some practices which are available in various forms in the printed version of this book.
November 10, 2014
I worked on improving my vocabulary in the mid-1990s. I used this book as part of that. I carried a stack of flash cards with me. Some of this workbook has my work written right in it.
This book is set up to teach five new words a week. Cloze activities are provided as well as idioms and review quizzes. I really like how this book was set up and I did well following it.
This book is set up to teach five new words a week. Cloze activities are provided as well as idioms and review quizzes. I really like how this book was set up and I did well following it.
October 21, 2022
کلمات خیلی خوب بود اما با شیوهی تدریسشون مشکل داشتم. باید همه ش حدس میزدی معنی ها رو و من هیچ ایدهای اوایلش نداشتم.
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March 14, 2015
I did not have the chance to finish the book and read it thoroughly but overall I can easily claim that these kind of books are not sufficient for English learners. you simply memorize words without learning them in a context.
June 10, 2016
Dropped it to continue in a better time.
July 7, 2021
I had an old edition a few years ago and I really worked hard on to memorized the words. Now I open a new edition, the sixth one, founding a lot of words revert to new words to me again.
May 7, 2021
سرانجام پس از 9 سال!
July 12, 2015
Each page's well designed.
July 2015
July 2015
July 3, 2017
just fantastic. read it and reading is done!
February 28, 2025
About the vocabulary in the book is ok but not very easy to learn as in books of Norman Lewis (they're holly grail for English learners anyway, I recommend to learn word power made easy first to lay the foundation for understanding of English roots).
The true thing that I am so sad about is the propaganda of anti-communism and the spreading of false information of the American government has been implanted cleverly in the book as a disguise of the reading text. several reading paragraphs talking about how great dr. Dooley was fighting against the sinister communist, how he rescued many Vietnamese from the malice of Viet Minh (probably he was a good man) as those Vietnamese were malnourished, sick and neglected. I am a Vietnamese myself and I had a long time studying and working in southern Vietnam and met a lot people there and no one ever described their post-war situations as bad as it is portraited in the book's reading sections. Yes they were suppressed and somewhat neglected since most of them were working or family members of people working for the American government but they did not need to be cared for since their situations were not as devastated as Vietnamese live in the north and central regions or Vietnamese family under Viet Minh, yes they were sick as every other Vietnamese at that time (we were super poor and did not have any facilities to produce medicine because of the bombing, most of the small quantity of medicine were from China and Soviet Union) and yes, they were suffered bad mistreatments like pillage and vandalism but they were not malnourished or killed or tortured like as other Viet Minh Vietnamese under the hand of the American army. The Viet Minh at that time didn't destroy the rice field and the southern part is the richest land in term of producing food (mostly rice), they would never suffer hunger as they just had to go to the river and get some fish (the river is running through every part of the southern land and it's tremendously abundant of aquatic products). On the other hand, people from the northern and central Vietnam governed by Viet Minh were the ones died of hunger and suffered form malnutrition the most and all the time as the bombing pouring everyday, many times a day causing huge lost to human and property, furthermore the lands (except region around Hong delta) are barren with hash weather.
For some people who are still skeptical of what I say, you can google it yourself about American war crime or you can ask any southern Vietnamese in America for there are a lot of them migrating to America (but to be honest they or their senior family members were only Vietnamese got benefits from American and did not get killed or tortured during wartime from both sides), or those in Vietnam if you come to visit Vietnam sometimes or for the best, visit War remnants museum in Ho Chi Minh city you will know what true evil is (most of the pictures were captured by western journalist.
Sorry for writing something that is mostly unrelated to the book but I was so emotionally grieved to see the victims who had to bear the heavy burden from the war were the ones to blame while the one raising war in other countries for no reason was painted as a saint.
The true thing that I am so sad about is the propaganda of anti-communism and the spreading of false information of the American government has been implanted cleverly in the book as a disguise of the reading text. several reading paragraphs talking about how great dr. Dooley was fighting against the sinister communist, how he rescued many Vietnamese from the malice of Viet Minh (probably he was a good man) as those Vietnamese were malnourished, sick and neglected. I am a Vietnamese myself and I had a long time studying and working in southern Vietnam and met a lot people there and no one ever described their post-war situations as bad as it is portraited in the book's reading sections. Yes they were suppressed and somewhat neglected since most of them were working or family members of people working for the American government but they did not need to be cared for since their situations were not as devastated as Vietnamese live in the north and central regions or Vietnamese family under Viet Minh, yes they were sick as every other Vietnamese at that time (we were super poor and did not have any facilities to produce medicine because of the bombing, most of the small quantity of medicine were from China and Soviet Union) and yes, they were suffered bad mistreatments like pillage and vandalism but they were not malnourished or killed or tortured like as other Viet Minh Vietnamese under the hand of the American army. The Viet Minh at that time didn't destroy the rice field and the southern part is the richest land in term of producing food (mostly rice), they would never suffer hunger as they just had to go to the river and get some fish (the river is running through every part of the southern land and it's tremendously abundant of aquatic products). On the other hand, people from the northern and central Vietnam governed by Viet Minh were the ones died of hunger and suffered form malnutrition the most and all the time as the bombing pouring everyday, many times a day causing huge lost to human and property, furthermore the lands (except region around Hong delta) are barren with hash weather.
For some people who are still skeptical of what I say, you can google it yourself about American war crime or you can ask any southern Vietnamese in America for there are a lot of them migrating to America (but to be honest they or their senior family members were only Vietnamese got benefits from American and did not get killed or tortured during wartime from both sides), or those in Vietnam if you come to visit Vietnam sometimes or for the best, visit War remnants museum in Ho Chi Minh city you will know what true evil is (most of the pictures were captured by western journalist.
Sorry for writing something that is mostly unrelated to the book but I was so emotionally grieved to see the victims who had to bear the heavy burden from the war were the ones to blame while the one raising war in other countries for no reason was painted as a saint.
February 1, 2021
2.5 stars. In a lot of ways, this is a typical vocabulary book, and I tried to withhold judgement on the aspect as much as I could.
What I really found lacking in this book was the structure. The "words in context" approach can be a great way to learn new words, but the sentence construction was so stilted that it was often impossible to figure what the meaning of the word was supposed to be-there were no indicators either way and it drove me crazy.
A lot of the words in this book I was already familiar with, but I found the usage to be just a little bit off the mark, which made me suspicious about the words that I wasn't familiar with. Overall, I don't think my retention was great and I don't think I really took much away from this book.
I don't really recommend this book-there are better ways to build your vocabulary.
What I really found lacking in this book was the structure. The "words in context" approach can be a great way to learn new words, but the sentence construction was so stilted that it was often impossible to figure what the meaning of the word was supposed to be-there were no indicators either way and it drove me crazy.
A lot of the words in this book I was already familiar with, but I found the usage to be just a little bit off the mark, which made me suspicious about the words that I wasn't familiar with. Overall, I don't think my retention was great and I don't think I really took much away from this book.
I don't really recommend this book-there are better ways to build your vocabulary.
July 24, 2019
I'm surprised I made it through this whole book. I copy vocabulary in English and French to unwind and improve my handwriting. This book was awesome because the words were great, I definitely learned some new ones and it wasn't too dry. There are a LOT of moments to refresh.
I recommend this book to others wanting to practice handwriting, test studiers, and all high school students going to college.
I recommend this book to others wanting to practice handwriting, test studiers, and all high school students going to college.
April 1, 2023
کتاب ۱۱۰۰ رو بعد از اتمام ۵۰۴ خریدم و البته زمانی که یادگیری در آموزشگاه رو تموم کرده بودم ، به خاطر همین خیلی برام لذت بخش بود و شیوه ی کتاب رو هم خیلی دوست داشتم و برام دلنشین بود
«۱۱۰۰ واژه که باید بدانید» را از طاقچه دریافت کنید
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May 17, 2017
A full 5 star!
November 25, 2018
Brilliant book. I learned a plethora of new words from it, "Plethora" itself being one of them. 5/5!
September 12, 2020
هزار ساله دارم میخونمش و هنوز تموم نشده. بهنظرم دیگه وقتشه بذارمش توی لیست خونده شدهها :))
November 12, 2020
ممرایز بهتر و کاربردی تره.
April 20, 2020
The format of a page a day is superb, not overwhelming. The words are well-chosen, usefully balanced between not too common and not too obscure, but the paragraphs that are supposed to introduce the words in context are so awkward and unnatural.
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November 23, 2008this book is very essinstial for understanding english.
December 4, 2009
This book is so handy!I can remember I studied this book during my militery service program for the first time!
January 11, 2011
Very fun and challenging book for wordsmiths!
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April 10, 2014
این کتاب 960 تا کلمه است!!!
حقیقتن چرا اسمشو گذاشته 1100؟؟
حقیقتن چرا اسمشو گذاشته 1100؟؟
October 18, 2015
Borrowed from library. Meant for high school, but given that my girls are reading at high levels, might be good for practice for them.
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April 11, 2025fun and engaging - I do 1 unit per day since May 2018. I think it's great to revisit some of the words that you might not use everyday.
December 4, 2021
很不错的单词书
September 6, 2011
A bit too simple for a college-level vocabulary, but a good primer for the ACT or SAT.
April 9, 2017
Weird product. Why these words and not others? Boring otherwise.
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