I Always Look Up the Word "Egregious"

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By: Maxwell W. Nurnberg

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Publisher: Prentice Hall
Pub. Date: 28th February 1982
Catalog: Book
Media: Paperback
Number Of Pages: 290
Ean: 9780134487120
Isbn: 0134487125

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All sorts of odd words
~ Written on Nov 20, 2001. 6 out of 9 users found this review helpful.

I got this book thinking to increase my vocabulary, but it was too advanced when I first got it. I bought an easier book on vocabulary building, then used this one. I think it's great, it has all sorts of words. My only problem with this book is that it gives a word, but doesn't provide you with how to pronounce it or how to change it from noun to verb to adjective, etc.

Informative and engaging
~ Written on Jul 8, 2001. 5 out of 6 users found this review helpful.

Picked up a reprint of this book, and it's wonderful! It's interesting, and not as pretentious as I thought it might be. Lots of words that you might've recognized but didn't know the exact definition of. Highly recommended.

Great for those who think they have a terrific vocabulary !
~ Written on Jul 6, 1998. 5 out of 5 users found this review helpful.

I bought this book for someone else and had to return to buy a copy for myself ! It is definitely for anyone who is interested in the origins of words and the games words play !

One of the top obscure vocabulary books of the 20th century
~ Written on Feb 9, 1998. 11 out of 11 users found this review helpful.

Rather than being a cute book about words (c.f. Richard Lederer), this book is as elitist and erudite as its title suggests. It reaches beyond its analogues with exercises, for example: given English synonyms in Latin and Greek, what is the English synonym with an Anglo-Saxon root? If you're interested in the English language, grab this book if you can find it. (It defines zeugma, after all - how can you live without a book that does that?)