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26 short guides, one for each kind of question at Levels 6–10: the idea, the steps, examples, what to watch out for, and a few to try. The same guides are in the app.

Level 6 · Master

• Meaning from the sentence
• Figures of speech
• Idioms
• Tricky pairs
• Greek and Latin roots
• Tricky spellings

Level 7 · Roots & Origins

• Borrowed words
• Root families
• Words named after people and places
• Greek and Latin prefixes
• Same root or just look-alikes?

Level 8 · Academic Words

• Subject words from the sentence
• Which word means …?
• Academic words in sentences
• Parts of science words
• Academic word, everyday word

Level 9 · College Prep

• Analogies
• Sentence completion
• “Most nearly means”
• Test-style opposites
• Test-style synonyms

Level 10 · Wordsmith

• Harder idioms
• Positive or negative?
• Rare and beautiful words
• Shades of meaning
• Precise usage