How to Build a Better Vocabulary

A must for anyone interested in words at any level.


More exciting than its title would suggest   January 22, 1998
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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!