500 words you should know

500 words you should know

Caroline Taggart, 1954-

Book - 2018

"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."--

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Subjects
Vocabulary.
English language > Glossaries, vocabularies, etc.
Published
Buffalo, New York ; Richmond Hill, Ontario : Firefly Books 2018.
Language
English
Main Author
Caroline Taggart, 1954- (author)
Physical Description
208 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN
9780228101062
Contents unavailable.
Review by Library Journal Review

Taggart (Back to Basics) groups words by theme (secrecy, the arts). A few definitions are more clever than clarifying, but the author doesn't intend to "teach or preach" but rather to delineate rich context and nuances of usage. Readers may quibble occasionally, but they'll also absorb pithy bits of etymology and information on historical and current use and, occasionally, pronunciation. Walker's black-and-white drawings set the mood for each section. VERDICT A bracing addition to libraries serving ambitious middle school through adult readers. © Copyright 2019. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.

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