How long does it take to read 1100 Words You Need to Know?
Murray Bromberg, Melvin Gordon
1100 Words You Need to Know by Murray Bromberg, Melvin Gordon takes about 5 hours 9 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 5 hours 9 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1971. 281 pages, about 77,275 words.
11 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 8 hours 35 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 5 hours 9 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 3 hours 13 minutes |
The page count is the median across 12 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Updated to meet the needs of students preparing for the latest versions of the SAT and ACT college entrance tests, the new edition of this helpful, longtime best-selling book features word lists with definitions, analogy exercises, word games, and words-in-context exercises. A special feature is the authors’ Panorama of Words, in which each of the book’s 1100 words is presented in a sentence from a well-known novel, play, poem, or other literary source. A new Bonus Materials section commemorates this book’s 40th Anniversary as a leader in vocabulary building and test preparation.
Subjects: Vocabulary, Nonfiction, Alphabet, Reference
