Advancing Vocabulary Skills

This book is okay if you want to learn different sets of random words. However, if you are looking for a textbook or something with a more holistic approach, buy any of Norman Lewis's books.

As someone who learns English as the second language, I want to mention that this book provides a great tool for improving the vocabulary. The excercises are designed to be effective in memorizing each new word that you learn.

I used this book for a remedial reading class at my community college. It is very well written and I like the execises in the book. It is a good book for people with weak vocabularies. I found the book and the words to be very easy. I knew most of the words in the book. I got an A on almost every vocab test from that book. I think the author should use more challenging words.