Awesome Vocabulary
eBook - ePub

Awesome Vocabulary

  1. 208 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Awesome Vocabulary

About this book

If your skill with words isn't up to scratch, you may find yourself sidelined or ignored at work and elsewhere. You create an impression with what you write, and a weak or incorrect vocabulary is a serious liability.

Awesome Vocabulary offers a painless way to build an exceptional vocabulary. Readers will discover comprehensive, useful lists of words and exercises focused on improving word choices. They'll also learn:

  • Tricks to reveal the meaning of new words
  • Memory devices to help distinguish between similar words
  • The difference between using words to impress and using words that make their meanings clear
  • Examples of writing—correct and incorrect, attractive and unlovely, persuasive and off-putting—that clearly show the right stuff and how to amend the wrong stuff
  • The secret to "balanced prose": the Rule of Three
  • Avoiding repetition and redundancy
  • The proper vocabulary for the proper occasion: business letters, e-mails, and casual conversation

Information

Publisher
Career Press
Year
2008
Print ISBN
9781601630445
eBook ISBN
9781601639004
Topic
Personal Development
Subtopic
Creative Writing

Table of contents

  1. Table of Contents
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright Page
  4. Introduction
  5. 1 - WordSet I: River Denizens Cause Our Hero Profound Exasperation
  6. 2 - The Right Word: Write Quite Right, Not Almost Right
  7. 3 - WordSet II: In Visceral, Excruciating Pain, Debra Has Paramount Need for Help
  8. 4 - Oops! Words That Don’t Mean What You Think
  9. 5 - WordSet III: Jim’s Lingering on the Verge of a Subconscious Disinclination
  10. 6 - Homonyms: They’re, Their, Don’t Fret!
  11. 7 - WordSet IV: Carol Wistfully Views Modish, Self-Assured New Yorkers
  12. 8 - A Strategem for Learning the Meanings of New Words: Prefixes, Roots, and Suffixes
  13. 9 - WordSet V: Tumultuous Rapture: Lawrence Is Infatuated With a Beguiling Bride
  14. 10 - Foreign Words and Phrases: Understand Them! Use Them!
  15. 11 - WordSet VI: Bibliophile Jean’s Book Perusal Reveals Repressed Trauma
  16. 12 - Superlative Synonyms for So-So Syllables
  17. 13 - WordSet VII: Thunderstruck and Vulnerable, Robert Seeks to Surmount Loss
  18. 14 - Bad or Nonexistent Words: Avoid Them at All Costs
  19. 15 - WordSet VIII: Massive Dissonance Prompts Daphne to Persevere Undeterred
  20. 16 - Still More Words You Should Know
  21. Afterword
  22. Appendix: Your New Vocabulary
  23. About the Author

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