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Caroline Taggart

500 Words You Should Know

Ever wanted to ameliorate your atavistic lexicon, engage in a little intellectual badinage or been discombobulated by tricky diction? 500 Words You Should Know has you covered.
Words are beautiful and versatile things, but when used incorrectly they can lose a lot in transition, and the more complex the word, the more misused it can become. And as words eternally evolve in their everyday use, they can begin to be interpreted as something other than their original meaning. 500 Words You Should Know will inspire the reader to use uncommon words in their correct context, to utilize the English language to its full potential, and to test themselves on the words they think they already know.
150 printed pages
Copyright owner
Michael O'Mara Books
Original publication
2014
Publication year
2014
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  • Alinehas quotedlast year
    That blue dress really complements your eyes. That remark is, of course, a compliment, which That red dress really complements your eyes probably isnt.
  • b0019720499has quoted3 years ago
    ignoble

    In front of a word beginning with n, the prefix ig- means ‘not’, so ignoble is simply ‘not noble
  • b0019720499has quoted3 years ago
    combination of distorted, distasteful and bizarre:

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