Put your vocabulary skills to the test with this witty and engaging book. Improve Your Word Power is primarily a collection of multiple-choice challenges in which the reader is asked to decide which definition of a given word is correct. But it's actually so much more than that. Each topic is themed – from words borrowed from French to words about colours; words from Shakespeare to words that sound alike – and the answers are wonderfully informative and accessible, each giving readers the chance to say 'Gosh! I didn't know that!' even with quite familiar words.Interspersed throughout are boxes that feature odd definitions, confusable words and fun facts that make the language come to life.Written by Sunday Times bestselling author Caroline Taggart, this is a book that is aimed at readers who want to improve their vocabulary for the sheer enjoyment of it – and have fun doing so.
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Topic
Personal DevelopmentSubtopic
Writing & Presentation SkillsTable of contents
- Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Contents
- Introduction
- Animal, vegetable or mineral
- Some colourful phrases
- Words about family and friends
- Words about thoughts and ideas
- A change is as good as a rest
- Words from Shakespeare
- Words from other writers
- Words of joy and sorrow
- And what do you do?
- Four-letter words
- Five-letter words
- Six-letter words
- Seven-letter words
- Animal words
- Are you a man …?
- Words from French
- Words from other European languages
- Over and under
- Are you with me or against me?
- One or many?
- Words that are hard to spell
- Here’s looking at you, kid
- Art for art’s sake
- Words from the Classics
- B is for …
- F is for …
- Words from Asian languages
- Words from African languages
- Words that express disapproval
- Good, bad or indifferent
- It’s meant as a compliment
- Give them the money
- Wordy words
- Words that are a joy to use
- Words that are a joy to use (2)
- Index
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