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)| By: | David Olsen; Michelle Bevilacqua; Justin Cord Hayes |
| Publisher: | Simon & Schuster |
| Print ISBN: | 9781605501390 |
| eText ISBN: | 9781440520778 |
| Edition: | 0 |
| Format: | Reflowable |
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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.