Barron's, 1998. — 212 p. — ISBN 0-7641-031 1-3.The Power and Glory of Words.
Ways of mastering words.
Our language past and present.
Good speech: Pronunciation.
Words borrowed from other languages.
Words derived from names.
Mark Twain's vocabulary - Buck Fanshaw's Funeral.
Words from part to whole.
Development and change in meaning of words.
Jonathan Swift's vocabulary - A Modest Proposal.
Words commonly confused and misused.
James Thurber's vocabulary - My Secret World of Idiom.
James Fenimore Cooper's vocabulary - On Language.
The effective use of words.Supplementary List of Latin Word Elements Used in English Word Building.
Supplementary List of Greek Word Elements Used in English Word Building.
Supplementary List of Prefixes.
Supplementary List of Suffixes.
Supplementary List of Foreign Terms Used in English.
Supplementary List of Words Frequently Mispronounced.
1,400 Words That Bright People Ought to Know.
A Sampler of Computer and Internet Terms.
Selected List of 225 Troublesome Spelling Words.
Answer Key.Vocabulary Success has long been recognized as a classic in its field. Now it has been streamlined and edited to make it even more valuable for those students and adults who wish to gain mastery of our language — for those smart people who wish to become even smarter.This book helps the reader to develop a large store of words, and provides the skills to use those words effectively. It offers methods of studying words, dictionary use, development of the English language, pronunciation, word building with roots, prefixes, and suffixes, and idiomatic and effective use ofwords. Newly included is a useful sampler of computer and Internet terms, a selected list of troublesome spelling words, and an Answer Key.The vocabulary presented here for study is wide, varied, and challenging. In addition to terms drawn from literature, foreign languages, history, mythology, and the Bible, we include a story by Mark Twain and essays by Jonathan Swift, James Fenimore Cooper, and James Thurber that are interesting for their content, choice of vocabulary, and references to language.
