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Additional Tips for Power Users

Extra Credit Quizzes:
Top-ranked word quizzes are based on words deemed appropriate for their text. For more advanced vocabulary, specify the extra credit words before beginning a quiz.
Click "" or "" at left to see how they work:
  • When you see "▶" outside of quotes, clicking/touching it provides more detail.
  • When you see "▼" outside of quotes, clicking/touching it removes detail to provide a better overview.
A book's vocabulary list page: The page is more easily seen and navigated with a computer or tablet screen. But the same information is available on a smartphone turned sideways.

Note that you can:
  • Show different groups of words.
  • Sort words in various ways—such as by chapter.
  • Click Show to see exemplary samples.
  • Click "▶" near any word to see the word used in a sentence from the book and more.
  • Search for a specific word via a searchbox that appears towards the top-left when more than 20 words are showing.

You can also click Further limit words, to:
  • Select words by chapter.
  • Select words by difficulty level
  • Ask that words be selected or underlined if they are more commonly used in a selected subject area.

Finally, the page has a footnote that tells how to move to the top of the page in your browser.