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How to Build a Better Vocabulary

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By: M. Nurnberg
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Publisher: Warner Books
Pub. Date: 31st December 1989
Catalog: Book
Media: Mass Market Paperback
Number Of Pages: 384
Ean: 9780446315067
Isbn: 0446315060
Upc: 070993004507

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USER REVIEWS

Good book, but not for beginners
~ Written on Aug 6, 2007. 7 out of 7 users found this review helpful.

I bought this book in order to improve my vocabulary and it has been being very useful. The writer goes inside the word, showing where it came from. I am just not quite sure if that book is useful for beginners. Otherwise, it is a very good book.

The bible for the virtuoso of etymology
~ Written on Jun 9, 1998. 13 out of 13 users found this review helpful.

This is the most incredibly wonderful book written on the subject of words. The approach is not like wordlists but is full of stories and anecdotes. This book is an eyeopener for the wonderful world of words.

A must for anyone interested in words at any level.

More exciting than its title would suggest
~ Written on Jan 22, 1998. 20 out of 20 users found this review helpful.

I originally bought this book at a library used book sale some time ago and figured it might come in handy sometime. When I finally got around to reading it, I couldn't put it down. It is replete with effective ways of learning new words, recognizing how groups of words are related, and how to remember their meanings. But they make it fun with mini history lessons, tales of Greek gods and heroes, and humorous anecdotes of students' malapropisms as well as detailed etymologies.

This terrific tome would make an ideal prep for the GRE or any standardized vocabulary test.

There are also sections on common Latin, French, Italian, German, & Spanish phrases & expressions.

This is way more than an antiseptic, desultory, unrelated listing of vocabulary words. I learned a great deal from this book and I considered myself to have a pretty good vocabulary before I read it. Enjoy!

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