Word Lists category: 182 books
by Luise Beatrice Hermelink
Language: English
Release Date: January 16, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: January 16, 2016
This publication aims to be every writer's indispensable toolbox, bringing together over 9000 English words, alphabetically arranged and subject-categorized, all in one compact package. The Word Building Lists are not only any writer’s vocabulary helper, but a sure-fire Inspirator. It carefully...
by Joan Veronica Robertson
Language: English
Release Date: July 2, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: July 2, 2014
A short and enjoyable study of 120 English words and their pair companions in the Spanish language. These pairs are called cognates.Each English word shows its meaning, an example sentence that contains the word, the approximate date it appeared as part of the English language and its probable origin....
The Book of Word Records
A Look at Some of the Strangest, Shortest, Longest, and Overall Most Remarkable Words in the English Language
Language: English
Release Date: June 18, 2013
From antidisestablishmentarianism to zo, a unrivaled collection of today's greatest words!
Have you ever wondered what the longest word in the dictionary is? Or the origin of your go-to curse word?
With The Book of Word Records, you'll uncover hundreds of bizarre, ugly, gross, and otherwise...
There's a Word for It
The Explosion of the American Language Since 1900
Language: English
Release Date: April 27, 2010
Word geeks (1984), rejoice! Crack open these covers and immerse yourself in a mind-expanding (1963) compendium of the new words (or new meanings of words) that have sprung from American life to ignite the most vital, inventive, fruitful, and A-OK (1961) lexicographical Big Bang (1950) since the first...
by DeAnn Sicard
Language: English
Release Date: May 26, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: May 26, 2011
A Writer’s Quick Reference Guide to Words is a book on transition words and phrases for writers. The lists are arranged as a handy, quick reference tool for writers of all levels, from homeschoolers to professionals looking for word alternatives.
The words and phrases are compiled into categories...
by Murray Brombert, Melvin Gordon
Language: English
Release Date: April 5, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: April 5, 2018
A Barron's best-seller for more than five decades!
This brand-new edition of 1100 Words You Need to Know has been expanded and updated, and includes:
Word lists and definitions
Analogy exercises
Words-in-context exercises
Idiom indexes
An updated Pronunciation Guide
All new words for...
Play Better Scrabble
Master the Open Board Method and Score Higher
Language: English
Release Date: March 25, 2019
Play Better Scrabble is written by National Scrabble Championship winner and the first victor on Channel 4's Countdown, Michael Goldman. The book contains strategies, hints and techniques for all stages of the game as well as** **instructional game examples, how to best use the S and the...
by Raymond Long
Language: English
Release Date: August 8, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: August 8, 2011
This reference book lists English irregular verbs in alphabetic order. Many such lists only give three parts: "ride", "rode", "ridden". Often this isn't enough information. The verb "shrink" has both "shrunk" and "shrunken". The verb "rot" has both "rotted" and "rotten". The verb "pass" has both...
by Marcel Danesi Ph.D.
Language: English
Release Date: September 19, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: September 19, 2012
This updated worktext for high school and college introductory courses emphasizes functional use of conversational and written Italian with extensive use of fill-in exercises, matching columns, word puzzles, dialogues, and more. Students will also get a review of basic grammar, vocabulary, verb forms,...
Word for Word
Transform Your Vocabulary from Pedestrian to Precocious* in an Instant (*or from Sophisticated to Straightforward)
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2009
An ingeniously handy guide to help you transform chew into masticate, rainy into pluvian?or antediluvian into plain old old.
Attorney James Snyder didn?t set out to write a book about words. But one day he looked up the word animadversion. The definition said it means the same thing as aspersion....
Word Spy
The Word Lover's Guide to Modern Culture
Language: English
Release Date: February 17, 2004
Language wears many hats, but its most important job is to help us name or describe what's in the world. Words define us, our actions, even our existence. And just when you think that you have all the words you need, you discover new ones, hear new uses for old ones or see them mutate right before...
Word Nerd
More than 17,000 Fascinating Facts about Words
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2007
Are You a Word Nerd?
Did you know...
--Only a human (not an animal or thing) is "able" to do something
--The five on dice is called cinque
--"K" for strike-out in baseball comes from the last letter of "struck"
--To skice is to frisk about like squirrels in spring
For...
GRE Test Prep Word Roots Review--Exambusters Flash Cards--Workbook 3 of 6
GRE Exam Study Guide
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2016
"GRE Prep Flashcard Workbook 3: VOCABULARY WORD ROOTS" A unique collection of 380 essential Word Roots, Prefixes, and Suffixes, each with up to ten derivative word examples and definitions. Interpret new words without a dictionary. You'll view language from an entirely new perspective, and raise your...
by Paul J.J. Payack
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2008
From Babel to Babble . . . Everyone is Speaking English
In 2007, the English language passed the million-word mark. That shouldn't come as a surprise since over a billion Earthlings speak English (no one knows about other planets, but they probably speak it, too). That makes for a lot of word-coiners...