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1、IMPORTANTThiselectronicversionofTheCenturyVocabularyBuilder(1922)hasbeenpreparedbySerensonPtyLtdforwww.write-better-english.com.ThisPDFfollowsthepaginationoftheoriginal(hardcopy)bookandincludeshypertextlinksthatwehaveinserted,whichlooklikethis.Pleasedono
2、tremovelinks.ReformattingtheoriginaltextintothisPDFhasbeennoeasytask;itispossiblethattheprocesshasintroducederrorsorcausedomissions.Asaresult,wemakenoguaranteeabouttheaccuracyorcompletenessofthisversionoftheVocabularyBuilder.Ifyoufindanerrororomissionint
3、hisPDF,pleasechecktheoriginalbookandcontactussothatwecanfixtheerrororomission.PleasecheckyourlocalcopyrightlawsbeforeaccessingthisPDF.Ifyouareseriousaboutbuildingyourvocabulary,wehighlyrecommendyoutrythepopularvocabulary-buildingprogramcalledUltimateVoca
4、bularyWanttheultimatevocabularybuilder?Clickwww.write-better-englishcom/ultimate-vocabulary.aspxTHECENTURYVOCABULARYBUILDERBYGARLANDGREEVERANDJOSEPHM.BACHELORNEWYORKTHECENTURYCO.Wanttheultimatevocabularybuilder?Clickwww.write-better-englishcom/ultimate-v
5、ocabulary.aspxPREFACEYoushouldknowattheoutsetwhatthisbookdoesnotattempttodo.Itdoesnot,savetotheextentthatitsownspecialpurposerequires,concernitselfwiththemanyandintricateproblemsofgrammar,rhetoric,spelling,punctuation,andthelike;orclarifythethousandsofin
6、dividualdifficultiesregardingcorrectusage.Allthesemattersareimportant.ConcisetreatmentofthemmaybefoundinTHECENTURYHANDBOOKOFWRITINGandTHECENTURYDESKBOOKOFGOODENGLISH,bothofwhichmanualsareissuedbythepresentpublishers.Butthisvolumeconfinesitselftotheonetas
7、kofplacingatyourdisposalthemeansofaddingtoyourstockofwords,ofincreasingyourvocabulary.Itdoesnotassumethatyouareascholar,ortrytomakeyouone.Tobesure,itrecognizestheendsofscholarshipasworthy.Itleviesateveryturnuponthefactswhichscholarshiphasaccumulated.Buti
8、tdemandsofyounotechnicalequipment,norleadsyouintoanyofthosebypathsofknowledge,alluringindeed,ofwhichthebenefitsarenotimmediate.Forexample,inChapterVitformsintogroupswordsetymologicallyakintoeachother.Itdoesthisforanendenti