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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.
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The Big Book of Words You Should Know, David Olsen, Michelle Bevilacqua, Justin Cord Hayes
- Język
- Rok wydania
- 2009
- Oprawa
- (miękka),
- Stan książki
- Dobry
- Cena
- 15,96 zł
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- Tytuł
- The Big Book of Words You Should Know
- Podtytuł
- Over 3,000 Words Every Person Should Be Able to Use
- Język
- angielski
- Wydawca
- Adams Media
- Rok wydania
- 2009
- Oprawa
- miękka
- Liczba stron
- 448
- ISBN10
- 1605501395
- ISBN13
- 9781605501390
- Seria
- Kategorie
- Tagi
- Poradniki, Lingwistyka, Komunikacja, Pisanie
- Opis
- 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.