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The TP Vocabulary Placement Test is made up of 100 multiple-choice items drawn from Townsend Press vocabulary books. Download a complete brochure to learn more, or visit our Learning Center. Words from the series were drawn from word frequency lists with alignment to state standards and high-stakes tests. It also contains teaching guidelines, suggested syllabi, answer keys, and an additional mastery test for each chapter and unit. The latest edition vocabulary titles feature brand new sentence items, revised/updated context clues, and in many cases, entirely new passages. aberrationabstemiousabstractabstruseaccoladeaccommodateacquiesceaestheticaffableaffinityaltercationambivalenceameliorateamicableanarchyanomalyapocryphalappallarchaicarduousarticulateasceticassentassiduousassuageastuteauthoritarianaversionbelittlebiasedblasphemyblithebombasticbrevitybrusquebuoyantcacophonycajolecallouscapitulatecapriciouscatalystcatharsiscausticcensurechastisecircumspectclairvoyantclamorclemencycoalescecognizantcolloquialcommiseratecomposureconciliatorycongenitalcontiguouscontractconvivialcopiouscordialcrasscredulouscultivatedearthdebilitatedecadencedefamedeferencedelineatedepravitydeprecatedesecratedespotdesultorydeviousdiatribedidacticdiffidentdiminutivediscerningdiscordantdiscrepancydisparagedispassionatedissonanceduplicityeclecticedificeeffaceeffervescentegregiouseloquentelucidateelusiveenervateengenderenmityephemeralequanimityequivocalerroneouseruditeeulogyevanescentexaltexemplaryexpedientextolextraneousexuberancefallaciousfervorfledglingformidablefrivolousgarnergarrulousgratuitousgravitygruelingguilehackneyedhaphazardhardyheedheistheretichindrancehyperbolehypocrisyiconoclastimmutableimpassiveincessantincidentalincipientincisiveinciteincontrovertibleincorrigibleindefatigableindictindigentindoctrinateinduceinexorableinfractioningratiateinscrutableinsipidinsolventinsurgentintangibleintractableirascibleirrefutableirresolutejargonjudiciouskindlelaconiclampoonlanguishlassitudelaudablelavishlevitylistlessloquaciousludicrousmalevolentmarredmeagermeandermisanthropemollifymorosenefariousnegatenegligentnonchalanceobliterateobtuseofficiousopaqueopulencepainstakingparadigmparagonparochialparsimoniouspartisanpaucitypeerlessperipheralperusephenomenonpiqueplacateplacidpompousponderouspotentprecludeprecociouspredecessorpredilectionpremonitionprerogativeprestigiousprodigalprodigiousprofaneprofusionprogenyproprietyprovincialproximitypugnaciousquerulousquixoticrazerebuffrecalcitrantrecapitulaterecluserectifyrenouncerenownreproachrescindresignedresolutionrespiteretractreverentrigoroussagacioussalutarysatiricalscantyscrutinizesereneservilesombersoporificspuriousspurnstagnantstaticsteadfaststealthystoicstuporsubjugatesubmissivesubstantiatesullensupercilioussupplantsuppresssurmisesurreptitioussycophanttacittaciturntactlesstawdrytemeritytempertherapeuticthwarttiradetorportrepidationtriteturbulenceunassailableuniformunimpeachableunobtrusiveunscatheduntenableurbaneusurpvacillatevilifyvirtuosovirulentvitriolicvolatilevoluminousvoraciouswantonwhetwhimsicalwrithezany. Free to educators with an approved account in the Learning Center. Re-sequenced items: This and all new edition vocabulary titles have had test and practice answers shuffled and re-sequenced. Free and available online or in print. The TP Vocabulary Placement Test is made up of 100 multiple-choice items drawn from Townsend Press vocabulary books. An Instructor's Edition. The Learning Center. Educators, please click here to request a desk copy. Each book is packed with activities, exercises, unit reviews, and tests that prompt students to interact closely with each new vocabulary word. *Available July 1, 2019. contains the Vocabulary Placement Test as well as a pretest and a posttest for the book and for each of its units. Mastering Vocabulary Skills includes the following supplements: Placement Test. Great! Each features high-interest passages students will want to read. Free supplements include: Digital Options. Updated regularly, the series remains popular in colleges today but is also used in adult literacy centers, and increasingly, in middle and high schools. Click here to learn more about subscription options, including discounted digital/textbook bundles. Appealing Content. A student's score on this test may be used to determine which TP vocabulary book would be most beneficial to that student. Score and Progress Reporting. A student's score on this test may be used to determine which TP vocabulary book would be most beneficial to that student. Print supplements can be obtained quickly by calling Townsend Press toll-free at (800) 772-6410, by sending a fax on school letterhead to 1-800-225-8894, or by e-mailing Customer Service at cs@townsendpress.com. The TP Vocabulary Placement Test is made up of 100 multiple-choice items drawn from Townsend Press vocabulary books. Photos added to chapter readings: Final Check activities in this and all new edition vocabulary texts now feature full color images to add context and interest for visual learners. (Coming Soon)To see Chapter 1 of Vocabulary Basics, 3/e, click here. Print supplements can be obtained quickly by calling Townsend Press toll-free at (800) 772-6410, by sending a fax on school letterhead to 1-800-225-8894, or by e-mailing Customer Service at cs@townsendpress.com. Free and available online or in print. © 2020 Townsend Press. Our books avoid that. Broader, more universal appeal: TP's Vocabulary Series was originally developed for college students in the early 1990's. The TP Vocabulary Placement Test is made up of 100 multiple-choice items drawn from Townsend Press vocabulary books. A combined Instructor's Manual and Test Bank. Instructor's Editions for all of the vocabulary books are available to teachers with a class adoption of 20 or more students. Short Versions teach 200 words and cost $9.90 each. Free to educators with an approved account, the Learning Center is a digital learning environment that provides resources to accompany the Vocabulary Series. Along with these free materials, the Learning Center also hosts, Print supplements can be obtained quickly by calling Townsend Press toll-free at (800) 772-6410, by sending a fax on school letterhead to 1-800-225-8894, or by e-mailing Customer Service at, To see the "To the Instructor" chapter of, Total Access 4-month Subscription (printed), Total Access 10-month Subscription (printed), Total Access 10-month Subscription (emailed), Total Access 4-month Subscription (emailed), Click here to learn more about subscription options, including discounted digital/textbook bundles. Recognizing this broadening audience, our editors have carefully calibrated each book in this revision cycle to feature content and situations suited to readers of all ages. Outstanding Supplements. Each book is packed with activities, exercises, unit reviews, and tests that prompt students to interact closely with each new vocabulary word. Vocabulary Basics includes the following supplements: Placement Test. Free to educators with an approved account in the Learning Center. Instructor's Editions for all of the vocabulary books are available to teachers with a class adoption of 20 or more students. A combined Instructor's Manual and Test Bank. Updated digital content: All new and revised items in our printed books have also been released* in Vocabulary Plus, our web-based digital vocabulary building program. Students learn new words by encountering them in meaningful contexts, not through rote memorization. A student's score on this test may be used to determine which TP vocabulary book would be most beneficial to that student. Mastering Vocabulary Skills was formerly titled Advanced Word Power, 2/e. All rights reserved. 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