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500 Words You Should Know

by Caroline Taggart
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500 Words You Should Know
500 Words You Should Know

Enhance vocabulary; impressive, diverse thematic arrangement.

If you delight in the richness of language, "500 Words You Should Know" could be quite the treasure for you. Caroline Taggart does a stellar job of guiding you through a linguistic journey, not just by listing words, but by dissecting them with etymology and usage. It's like adding a dash of elegance to your conversations and writings.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.

500 Words You Should Know

by Caroline Taggart
$9.90
ISBN: 9781782432944
Authors: Caroline Taggart
Publisher: Michael O'Mara
Date of Publication: 2015-05-01
Format: Hardcover
Related Collections: Personal Development
Related Topics: Personal Development, Writing, How To
Goodreads rating: 3.86
(rated by 314 readers)

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From the author of the bestselling I Used to Know That comes a veracious cornucopia of 500 of the best, trickiest, and oft-misused words in the English language that will have you confabulating with the literary cognoscenti in no time. Ever wanted to ameliorate your atavistic lexicon, engage in a little intellectual badinage, or been discombobulated by tricky diction? 500 Words You Should Know has you covered. This book will inspire readers to use uncommon words in their correct context, to utilize the English language to its full potential, and to test themselves on the words they think they already know. This is a book for the appreciator of correct usage, and contains words you thought you knew (decimate, caveat, nemesis), words you should know (euphemism, diatribe, tautology), and just a few that you might want to know (peripatetic, shibboleth, callipygian). Arranged thematically, each word is dissected, with a brief explanation of etymology, historical, and modern usage, allowing you to fully understand and effectively employ the word in its proper context.
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Enhance vocabulary; impressive, diverse thematic arrangement.

If you delight in the richness of language, "500 Words You Should Know" could be quite the treasure for you. Caroline Taggart does a stellar job of guiding you through a linguistic journey, not just by listing words, but by dissecting them with etymology and usage. It's like adding a dash of elegance to your conversations and writings.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.