Do you have a proclivity for sesquipedalian words? Has your prose become ossified because you haven't augmented your vocabulary lately? Here's the perfect pedagogical solution. Word Smart Genius Edition teaches more than 150 of the most interesting and challenging words in the English language. Perfect for college students, professionals, wordmongers, crossword puzzle devotees,...(展开全部)

Norman Lewis (born December 30, 1912 in Brooklyn, New York – died September 8, 2006 in Whittier, California) was an author, grammarian, lexicographer, and etymologist. Lewis was a leading authority on English-language skills, whose best-selling 30 Days to a More Powerful Vocabulary published by Pocket Books in 1971 promised to teach readers "how to make words your slaves" in fi...(展开全部)

Do You Always Use the Right Word? Can You Pronounce It -- and Spell It -- Correctly? Do You Know How to Avoid Illiterate Expressions? Do You Speak Grammatically, Without Embarrassing Mistakes? If the answer to any of these questions is NO, you ought to read Word Power Made Easy. Now thoroughly revised to eliminate outmoded references and to to reflect current idioms, it remains...(展开全部)

Do You Always Use the Right Word? Can You Pronounce It -- and Spell It -- Correctly? Do You Know How to Avoid Illiterate Expressions? Do You Speak Grammatically, Without Embarrassing Mistakes? If the answer to any of these questions is NO, you ought to read Word Power Made Easy. Now thoroughly revised to eliminate outmoded references and to to reflect current idioms, it remains...(展开全部)

Norman Lewis (born December 30, 1912 in Brooklyn, New York – died September 8, 2006 in Whittier, California) was an author, grammarian, lexicographer, and etymologist. Lewis was a leading authority on English-language skills, whose best-selling 30 Days to a More Powerful Vocabulary published by Pocket Books in 1971 promised to teach readers "how to make words your slaves" in fi...(展开全部)

Let your vocabulary speak for itself. Knowing which words to use and how to use them is key to communicating accurately and effectively. That’s why more than one million people have used Word Smart to improve their vocabularies! This updated 5th edition defines and explains more than 1,400 need-to-know vocabulary words. To create this book, thePrinceton Review analyzed new...(展开全部)

Word Smart for the GRE will help you build your vocabulary and boost your GRE verbal scores. It provides you with successful strategies for learning new words as well as proven techniques for scoring higher on the GRE Verbal exam. It also includes ·The GRE Hit Parade: the words most frequently tested on the exam ·Quick quizzes and a final exam ·Secondary definitions to help ...(展开全部)

In a new and full-color edition, Advanced Word Power, 2/e is the most advanced text in the Townsend Press Vocabulary Series.

This unique blend of thesaurus, dictionary, and manual of English usage defines, compares, and contrasts words of similar but not identical meaning--such as "infer" and "imply". More than 6,000 synonyms are included. "Recommended."-- Booklist.