Words you should know in high school : 1,000 essential words to build vocabulary, improve standardized test scores, and write successful papers / Burton Jay Nadler, Jordan Nadler, and Justin Nadler.
Introduction -- More than 1,000 words you should know and use in high school -- Helpful exercises for more word power and better test scores -- Appendix A : using roots and prefixes to decipher the words you don't know -- Appendix B : words of wisdom from a high school student, a college admissions officer, and a college student.