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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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Artikel-Nr:
9781605501390
Veröffentl:
2009
Erscheinungsdatum:
17.01.2009
Seiten:
448
Autor:
David Olsen
Gewicht:
540 g
Format:
203x165x29 mm
Sprache:
Englisch
Beschreibung:
An Adams Media author.
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.