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Regarded by many students as the strongest USMLE Step 1 tool on the market, USMLE Step 1 Recall: Buzzwords for the Boards is now in its Third Edition The question-and-answer Recall format helps students memorize the facts that are most often tested on the USMLE. An especially popular Power Review section helps students brush up on the details and test how well they've retained knowledge over the study period. The thoroughly updated Third Edition organizes facts according to their specific basic science disciplines and provides current, accurate information at just the right level of depth for study and review.

Pompous jargon pervades English these days, from corporate speak to silly legalisms This lighthearted look at how English is being mangled reveals the underlying meaning, as well as the attitudes behind the meaning, of more than 1,000 buzzwords. Readers will discover that "learning opportunity" is a nice way of saying "mistake;" a "lawn mullet" is a yard that's neatly trimmed out front but growing long in the back; and a "meanderthal" is someone who has a hard time getting to the point when telling a story. Accompanied by 15 illustrated cartoons, this comical look at language shows how combining words can give way to new meanings.

Ever wish you could study on the run, in the car, or while you are running errands? Now you can with the audio version of USMLE Step 1 Recall: Buzzwords for the Boards, Second Edition, widely regarded as the strongest USMLE Step 1 tool on the market. With rapid-fire questions and answers in downloadable MP3 files, you can have "Buzzwords" available wherever you go to help memorize the facts most often tested on the USMLE. Files can be used on any digital audio playback device, and they contain all the same content as the print or PDA version of "Buzzwords".