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Author: Mark Morton
Publisher: Insomniac Press
Published: 2004
Total Pages: 337
ISBN-13: 1897415931
DOWNLOAD EBOOKCupboard Love explores the fascinating stories behind familiar and no-so-familiar gastronomic terms. Who knew that the word pomegranate is related to the word grenade? Light-hearted and thoroughly researched, packed with linguistic lore and cultural trivia.
Author: J. I. Rodale
Publisher: Rodale Books
Published: 2016-04-22
Total Pages: 3402
ISBN-13: 162336759X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKOriginally published in 1961 by the founder of Rodale Inc., The Synonym Finder continues to be a practical reference tool for every home and office. This thesaurus contains more than 1 million synonyms, arranged alphabetically, with separate subdivisions for the different parts of speech and meanings of the same word.
Author: Charles Harrington Elster
Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin
Published: 2014-12-02
Total Pages: 513
ISBN-13: 1250020891
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWord Workout is a practical book for building vocabulary—a graduated program featuring thousands of words that begins with those known by most college graduates and ascends to words known only by the most educated, intelligent, and well-read adults. This workout is a comprehensive program, chock-full of information about synonyms, antonyms, and word origins, and replete with advice on proper usage and pronunciation. There are also creative review quizzes at each step of the way to measure your progress and reinforce learning. Unlike other vocabulary books, Word Workout provides a complete learning experience with clear explanations and surefire methods to retain new knowledge. Far more than a cram session for a standardized test, this book is designed as a lifetime vocabulary builder, featuring words used by the top tier of literate Americans, laid out in ten accessible chapters designed for anyone who is looking for some serious verbal exercise. From "avowal" to "proselytize," from "demagogue" to "mendicant," Charles Harrington Elster has carefully picked the words you need to know, and given you an easy, fast, and fail-safe way to learn and remember them.
Author: Charles Harrington Elster
Publisher: Collins Reference
Published: 2018
Total Pages: 323
ISBN-13: 1328884074
DOWNLOAD EBOOK"If you have trouble distinguishing the verbs imitate and emulate, the relative pronouns that and which, or the adjectives pliant, pliable, and supple, never fear--How to Tell Fate from Destiny is here to help! With more than 500 headwords, the book is replete with advice on how to differentiate commonly confused words and steer clear of verbal trouble"--
Author: J. Wight Duff
Publisher: University of California Press
Published: 2021-01-08
Total Pages: 216
ISBN-13: 0520331257
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1936.
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Publisher: Allied Publishers
Published: 2007-03-01
Total Pages: 1134
ISBN-13: 9788186062371
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Fritz Spiegl
Publisher:
Published: 2004
Total Pages: 256
ISBN-13: 9780760753538
DOWNLOAD EBOOKDo you know the difference between acetic and ascetic? Burgers and burghers? Complaisant and compliant? A cassock, a Cossack, a hassock, a hillock, a hummock and a pillock? This textbook should be useful for anyone who has ever been caught using the wrong word in the wrong place.
Author: Elizabeth Jewell
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Published: 2002
Total Pages: 1026
ISBN-13: 0195159349
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis convenient all-around dictionary and thesaurus for writers, students andbusinesses has more than 150,000 entries.
Author: Friedrich Wilhelm Thieme
Publisher:
Published: 1859
Total Pages: 580
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Rajeev Vasisth
Publisher: Arihant Publications India limited
Published: 2018-04-20
Total Pages: 168
ISBN-13: 8183487920
DOWNLOAD EBOOK‘Mnemonics’ is an innovative way to learn and retain English words and has already benefited 10000+ students so far. The book Interactive Vocabulary Drills has been compiled with handy vocal improving tools for young executives in 19 chapters which are easy, interesting and explanatory. All the chapters in the book are covered in the alphabetical order and there are plenty of Brain Teasing Practice exercises in the form of close tests, fill in the blanks, appropriate and inappropriate usages. These exercises form the essentials of Verbal Ability with crisp explanations and special author notes. Through detailed focus on minute and subtle differences among related words it adds 800+ words to your vocab for preparation of school exams, CAT, MAT, National, State Level Management Entrances, GRE, SAT, GMAT, Vocab-Based Exams, IBPS & SBI PO, CDS, NDA, SSC, CSAT, etc. Table of ContentMarriage, Pseudo Scholar’s World, Remote Hunt, Scamster Institute
