Building Your Vocabulary will help you develop your own vast, vivid, vital vocabulary. You'll find out about *Where words come from *What common prefixes, suffixes, and roots mean *Synonyms, antonyms, and shades of meaning *Word families *How to use a dictionary and thesaurus *Homophones, homonyms, and homographs *Context clues *The longest words in English Building Your Vocabulary also includes challenging, but fun, "Vocabulary-Building Games" and "100 Great Words" to know, so you can start using your new vocabulary today.