The Word Lover's Delight:: Awesome Adjectives, Nifty Nouns, and Vibrant Verbs to Make Your Vocabulary SizzleWord 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. CapitvateTM elevator television reaches 52 million people a month--and Captivate's most popular feature is "Word of the Day." Now, the CaptivateTM 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. |
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... never leaves his house. anosmia (n.) an-OZ-mee-uh—inability to smell Dave developed a temporary anosmia as a result of his stuffy nose. antediluvian (adj.) an-tih-duh-LOO-vee-uhn—ancient My co-worker's style is so out-of-date her [6] ...
... never leaves his house. anosmia (n.) an-OZ-mee-uh—inability to smell Dave developed a temporary anosmia as a result of his stuffy nose. antediluvian (adj.) an-tih-duh-LOO-vee-uhn—ancient My co-worker's style is so out-of-date her [6] ...
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Contents
Section 16 | 99 |
Section 17 | 100 |
Section 18 | 105 |
Section 19 | 127 |
Section 20 | 130 |
Section 21 | 138 |
Section 22 | 155 |
Section 23 | 163 |
Section 9 | 60 |
Section 10 | 73 |
Section 11 | 74 |
Section 12 | 76 |
Section 13 | 78 |
Section 14 | 85 |
Section 15 | 95 |
Section 24 | 164 |
Section 25 | 165 |
Section 26 | 166 |
Section 27 | 173 |
Section 28 | 176 |
Section 29 | 177 |
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