Do you know what "quatrefoil" and "impolitic" mean? What about "halcyon" or "narcolepsy"?
This book is a handy, easy-to-read reference guide to the proper parlance for any situation. In this book you will find: Words You Absolutely Should Know (covert, exonerate, perimeter); Words You Should Know But Probably Don't (dour, incendiary, scintilla); Words Most People Don't Know (schlimazel, thaumaturgy, epergne); Words You Should Know to Sound Overeducated (ad infinitum, nugatory, garrulity); Words You Probably Shouldn't Know (priapic, damnatory, labia majora); and more.
Whether writing an essay, studying for a test, or trying to impress friends, family, and fellow cocktail party guests with their prolixity, you will achieve magniloquence, ebullience, and flights of rhetorical brilliance.
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The Big Book of Words You Should Know
Over 3,000 Words Every Person Should be Able to Use (And a few that you probably shouldn't)
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eBook - ePub
The Big Book of Words You Should Know
Over 3,000 Words Every Person Should be Able to Use (And a few that you probably shouldn't)
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9781605501390
Table of contents
- Cover Page
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Contents
- PART I: Words You Absolutely Should Know
- PART II: Words Most People Donât Know
- PART III: Words You Should Know but Probably Donât
- PART IV: Foreign Idioms You Should Know
- PART V: People and Place Words You Should Know
- PART VI: Words You Should Know to Sound Overeducated
- PART VII: Words You Probably Shouldnât Know