Word Lists category: 182 books
by Arlene Miller
Language: English
Release Date: August 14, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: August 14, 2017
Stumped about any of these?•Hunger pains or hunger pangs?•Runner-ups or runners-up?•Spitting image or spit and image?•Some time or sometime?•Lay or lie?•Venal or venial?•Shined or shone?•Retroactive from or retroactive to?•Effect or affect?•Buck naked or butt naked?
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PRAXIS Core Test Prep Commonly Confused Words Review--Exambusters Flash Cards--Workbook 4 of 8
PRAXIS Exam Study Guide
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2017
"PRAXIS Core Prep Flashcard Workbook 4: WORDS COMMONLY CONFUSED" Do you know the difference between "fewer" and "less," when to use "it's" or "its," or how to distinguish between "historical" and "historic" or "tortuous"...
Pride
A Dictionary for the Vain
Language: English
Release Date: August 18, 2011
The Seven Deadly Sins have sliced up the dictionary and taken what's theirs. No one vice is too greedy as each volume prides itself on having more than 500 entries. Word lovers will lust after these richly packaged volumes--and once you've collected all seven, you'll be the envy of all your friends.
Pride:...
Greed
A Dictionary for the Selfish
Language: English
Release Date: August 18, 2011
The Seven Deadly Sins have sliced up the dictionary and taken what's theirs. No one vice is too greedy as each volume prides itself on having more than 500 entries. Word lovers will lust after these richly packaged volumes--and once you've collected all seven, you'll be the envy of all your friends.
Greed:...
by Winn Trivette II, MA
Language: English
Release Date: July 6, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: July 6, 2018
Research shows a link between the size of your vocabulary and the level of your career success.
Expand your word power starting today!
Unfortunately, your boss, colleagues and clients judge your intelligence by the words you use.
Stop!
Don't lose a business deal by misusing...
"I" Before "E" Except After "C"
Spelling for the Alphabetically Challenged
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2008
“Packed with handy dandy lists, rules, charts . . . all designed to help writers avoid looking dumb” (St. Petersburg Times).
Did you just end your last memo to your boss “CU L8R?” Do mysterious voices tell you to use “their” and “there” interchangeably? Keep forgetting the difference...
Favorite Words of Famous People
A Celebration of Superior Words from Writers, Educators, Scientists, and Humorists
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2011
The favorite words of 250 of the best and brightest contemporary thinkers and creators are collected in this volume that no self-respecting word lover should be without. From Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to authors Yann Martel and Nicholson Baker, the writers, scientists, educators, humorists,...
by Jeff Prucher
Language: English
Release Date: March 21, 2007
Language: English
Release Date: March 21, 2007
The first historical dictionary devoted to science fiction, Brave New Words:The Oxford Dictionary of Science Fiction shows exactly how science-fictional words and their associated concepts have developed over time, with full citations and bibliographic information. It's a window on a whole genre of...
Tyrannosaurus Lex
The Marvelous Book of Palindromes, Anagrams, and Other Delightful and Outrageous Wordplay
Language: English
Release Date: June 5, 2012
Welcome to the Weird and Wonderful World of Words!
Tyrannosaurus Lex is your guide to the intriguing world of logology—the pursuit of word puzzles or puzzling words—featuring:
•A wealth of witty anagrams, palindromes, and puns
•Clever paraprosdokians: sentences with surprising endings...
Roget's Thesaurus of Words for Intellectuals
Synonyms, Antonyms, and Related Terms Every Smart Person Should Know How to Use
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2011
Have you struggled for just the right phrase when grappling with a class assignment? Crafting an office memo, do you want greater clarity and concision? Pounding away at a last-minute blog entry, haven't you ever thought, There has to be a better word for this? Now there is.
Under the time-tested...
Roget's Thesaurus of Words for Students
Helpful, Descriptive, Precise Synonyms, Antonyms, and Related Terms Every High School and College Student Should Know How to Use
Language: English
Release Date: March 18, 2014
The ultimate tool for students!
Tired of using the same few phrases in all your presentations? Can't find the right expression to begin your college admissions essay? Stuck with a drab, uninspiring conclusion at the end of your research paper?
Roget's Thesaurus of Words for Students...
The Book of Human Emotions
From Ambiguphobia to Umpty -- 154 Words from Around the World for How We Feel
Language: English
Release Date: June 7, 2016
A thoughtful, gleeful encyclopedia of emotions, both broad and outrageously specific, from throughout history and around the world.
How do you feel today? Is your heart fluttering in anticipation? Your stomach tight with nerves? Are you falling in love? Feeling a bit miffed? Do you have the...
by Mignon Fogarty
Language: English
Release Date: November 8, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: November 8, 2011
Millions of people around the world communicate better thanks to Mignon Fogarty, aka Grammar Girl, whose top-rated weekly grammar podcast has been downloaded more than 40 million times. Now she's turning her attention to improving our vocabulary—one smart word at a time—with Grammar Girl's 101...
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Language: English
Release Date: May 5, 2003
Language: English
Release Date: May 5, 2003
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...