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The Word Lover's Delight:: Awesome Adjectives, Nifty Nouns, and Vibrant Verbs to Make Your Vocabulary Sizzle
Word Up!
From amusia to xerophagy, from the ephemeral to the vituperative, The Word Lover's Delight is chockablock with words that are not only fascinating and unusual but that you can use in your everyday speech--to jaw-dropping effect. With a wide range of words, from the moderately difficult to the somewhat ostentatious, The Word Lover's Delight gives each word a phonetic pronunciation, a memorable example of its use in speech, and an easy-to-understand definition.
FOURSQUARE (ADJ.)
FAWR'-SKWAIR – straightforward, blunt, unwavering
Lucy appreciated Tom's foursquare breakup style, but she still popped all his tires and smashed his windshield.
Fun, educational, and erudite, The Word Lover's Delight is the ultimate book for word nerds--and anyone who's ever just wanted to find the perfect bon mot at the perfect time.
Capitvate™ elevator television reaches 52 million people a month--and Captivate's most popular feature is "Word of the Day." Now, the Captivate™ editors have put together a word-of-the-day book for everyone who wants to improve his or her vocabulary--or just loves learning new words.
From amusia to xerophagy, from the ephemeral to the vituperative, The Word Lover's Delight is chockablock with words that are not only fascinating and unusual but that you can use in your everyday speech--to jaw-dropping effect. With a wide range of words, from the moderately difficult to the somewhat ostentatious, The Word Lover's Delight gives each word a phonetic pronunciation, a memorable example of its use in speech, and an easy-to-understand definition.
FOURSQUARE (ADJ.)
FAWR'-SKWAIR – straightforward, blunt, unwavering
Lucy appreciated Tom's foursquare breakup style, but she still popped all his tires and smashed his windshield.
Fun, educational, and erudite, The Word Lover's Delight is the ultimate book for word nerds--and anyone who's ever just wanted to find the perfect bon mot at the perfect time.
Capitvate™ elevator television reaches 52 million people a month--and Captivate's most popular feature is "Word of the Day." Now, the Captivate™ editors have put together a word-of-the-day book for everyone who wants to improve his or her vocabulary--or just loves learning new words.
190 pages, Kindle Edition
First published July 1, 2009
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November 6, 2022
fun read
I would really like to hear these words as trying to read the pronunciations was really amusing if you weren’t familiar with a word. I knew probably 90% of them, but also not with these definitions. So then I was trying to decide if this was english or american. Either way, enjoy. 20 works before breakfast!
I would really like to hear these words as trying to read the pronunciations was really amusing if you weren’t familiar with a word. I knew probably 90% of them, but also not with these definitions. So then I was trying to decide if this was english or american. Either way, enjoy. 20 works before breakfast!
November 21, 2017
Great
Very useful and interesting words. Good for building volcab during commute to work . I read it on smart phone Kindle app
Very useful and interesting words. Good for building volcab during commute to work . I read it on smart phone Kindle app
December 30, 2009
Ok, but not good enough to justify buying new.
Displaying 1 - 3 of 3 reviews