The Words You Should Know to Sound Smart
The Words You Should Know to Sound Smart

Author: Robert W Bly

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

Published: 2009-04-18

Total Pages: 256

ISBN-13: 1598698869

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ADULT LITERACY GUIDES & HANDBOOKS. This is a tongue-in-cheek guide to words that any smart, well-educated, pretentious person should be able to drop into cocktail conversation.The reader is encouraged to toss off words such as 'Disestablishmentarianism', 'descant', and 'autodidactic', proving, if not the value of a good education, at least the appearance of a good education.Each word is accompanied by a pronunciation guide and a sentence illustrating its use. Some of the sentences are made up, while others are well-known quotations.

500 Words You Should Know
500 Words You Should Know

Author: Caroline Taggart

Publisher: Michael O'Mara Books

Published: 2014-09-25

Total Pages: 202

ISBN-13: 1782432981

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An essential cornucopia of 500 of the best, trickiest and often misused words in the English language.

The Words You Should Know
The Words You Should Know

Author: David Olsen

Publisher: Adams Media

Published: 1997-08-01

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781558500181

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Lots of people need a quick and authoritative way to identify and define the most troublesome common words. The usual approach- stalling for time until you can grasp the context of what the person has just said-has its limits. If only there were a list, not of every word (after all, reading dictionaries is no one's idea of fun) but of the right words, the ones that are used frequently but don't quite register when you come across them. The Words You Should Know features straightforward, succinct definitions and sentence examples of over 1200 tough-but-common words. It's the kind of book that can get you out of a jam, improve your performance at school, and help advance your career. And that's no hyperbole, rigmarole, or embellishment.

The Big Book Of Words You Should Know To Sound Smart
The Big Book Of Words You Should Know To Sound Smart

Author: Robert W Bly

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

Published: 2015-11-06

Total Pages: 336

ISBN-13: 1440591075

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The ultimate word book for aspiring intellectuals! The most compendious collection of words for aspiring scholars, this book helps you hold your own in intellectual discourse. Featuring 2,400 sophisticated, obscure, and obtuse terms, each page provides you with the definitions you need to know to lock academic horns with the clerisy. From antebellum and eleemosynary to impasto and putative, you will quickly master hundreds of erudite phrases that will improve your conversational elegance. Complete with definitions and sample sentences for each entry, The Big Book of Words You Should Know to Sound Smart will elevate your lexicon as you impress the susurration out of the perfervid hoi polloi.

The Big Book of Words You Should Know
The Big Book of Words You Should Know

Author: David Olsen

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

Published: 2008-12-17

Total Pages: 358

ISBN-13: 1440520771

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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.

1001 Words You Need To Know and Use
1001 Words You Need To Know and Use

Author: Martin Manser

Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA

Published: 2010-01-14

Total Pages: 178

ISBN-13: 0199560056

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This A-Z provides 1001 words you need to know to make your writing and speaking effective, convincing, and expressive. With clear guidance on choosing the right word, this book is essential for anyone wanting to achieve greater success in written and spoken tasks including essays, interviews, CVs and application letters, reports, and more.

More Words You Should Know
More Words You Should Know

Author: Michelle Bevilacqua

Publisher: Adams Media

Published: 2004-11-10

Total Pages: 272

ISBN-13: 9781593372361

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Gives the pronunciation, definition, and a sample sentence for 1500 common but frequently confused words.

500 Beautiful Words You Should Know
500 Beautiful Words You Should Know

Author: Caroline Taggart

Publisher: Michael O'Mara Books

Published: 2020-09-03

Total Pages: 162

ISBN-13: 178929228X

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Discover the joy of the English language with 500 unusual, interesting and 'perfect' words that will extend your vocabulary and your appreciation of our mother tongue.

100 Words Every High School Graduate Should Know
100 Words Every High School Graduate Should Know

Author: Editors of the American Heritage Di

Publisher: HarperCollins

Published: 2016-09-27

Total Pages: 99

ISBN-13: 0547350236

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What should the vocabulary of a well-rounded high school graduate be like? These 100 words provide the starting point in answering that question. The list is representative of the words that serious students will encounter in their coursework and will come to use as adults, whether in conversation or while reading the daily newspaper. Each word is fully defined and shown in context with example sentences from well-known authors. 100 Words Every High School Graduate Should Know is a must-have for every grad, perfect for building vocabulary, quizzing friends and family — and just having fun.

Words You Should Know How to Spell
Words You Should Know How to Spell

Author: David Hatcher

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

Published: 2010-07-18

Total Pages: 526

ISBN-13: 1440507333

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Ceilling. Beleive. Scissers. Do you have trouble spelling everyday words? Is your spell check on overdrive? Well, this easy-to-use dictionary is just what you need! Organized with speed and convenience in mind, it gives you instant access to the correct spellings of more than 12,500 words. Also provided are quick tips and memory tricks, like: Help yourself get the spelling of their right by thinking of the phrase ?their heirlooms.? Most words ending in a ?seed? sound are spelled ?-cede? or ?-ceed,? but one word ends in ?-sede.? You could say the rule for spelling this word supersedes the other rules. No matter what you’re working on, you can be confident that your good writing won’t be marred by bad spelling. This book takes away the guesswork and helps you make a good impression!