500 Words You Should Know

<p<b'This "essential cornucopia" aims to inspire you to use uncommon words in their original contex'- <iBookseller</i</b<br<brEver wanted to <bameliorate</byour <batavistic</blexicon, engage in a little intellectual <bbadinage </bor been <bdiscombobulated</bby tricky diction? <i500 Words You Should Know</ihas you covered. This book will inspire the reader to use uncommon words in their correct context, utilize the English language to its full potential, and test themselves on the words they think they already know. <br<brThis is a book for the appreciator of correct usage, and contains words you thought you knew (<bdecimate</b, <bcaveat</b, <bnemesis</b), words you should know (<beuphemism</b, <bdiatribe</b, <btautology</b), and just a few that you might want to know (<bperipatetic</b, <bshibboleth</b, <bcallipygian</b). <br<brArranged thematically, each word is dissected, with a brief explanation of etymology, historical and modern usage, allowing you to fully understand and effectively employ the word in its proper context.<br<brFor those interested in everything this <beclectic</blanguage has to offer, who wish to celebrate its majesty and depth, this <bveracious cornucopia</bof knowledge will have you <bconfabulating</bwith the literary <bcognoscenti</bin no time.<br<br<bBy the same author:</b<br9781843176572 <iMy Grammar and I (Or Should That Be 'Me'?)</i<br9781782438205 <iThe Accidental Apostrophe</i</p