Word Power Made Easy: The Complete Handbook for Building a Superior Vocabulary

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I always wondered what vocabulary building books would be like. Probably a lot of preaching and a bazillion words in a list that you are supposed to memorise kind of thing was what my imagination suggested. But Word Power Made Easy was nothing at all like that. Norman Lewis was born in 1912 in Brooklyn, New York, and died in 2006 in Whittier, California. He was an author, grammarian, lexicographer, and etymologist, and a leading authority on English-language skills. In addition to Word Power Made Easy, his many bestselling books include 30 Days to Better English, 30 Days to a More Powerful Vocabulary, and several revised editions of Roget's Thesaurus. About Author: Norman Lewis was born in 1912 in Brooklyn, New York. He was an author, grammarian, lexicographer, and etymologist, and a leading authority on English-language skills. He had published a lot of books with several editions includes Word Power Made Easy. He died in 2006 in Whittier, California Some chapters are straightforward and closely connected, like "How to Talk About Doctors" or "How to Talk About Science and Scientists." Others are based on a part of speech, like verbs, as in "How to Talk About Actions" and "How to Talk About What Goes On." And some are just plain fun, like "How to Talk About Liars and Lying," "How to Insult Your Enemies," and "How to Flatter Your Friends."

A wonderful book!! Bible to those who want to learn vocab!! Its more of an exercise oriented than theory!! A very good experience!! After completing the book, I felt very confident in replacing many words with its thesaurus!! A new word is not just another pattern of syllables with which to clutter you mind --A new word is a new idea to help you think, to help you understand the thoughts of others, to help you express your own thoughts, to help you live a richer intellectual life." pg. 141 There is an anecdote about Calvin Coolidge, who, when he was the president of USA, was often called (though probably not to his face) ‘Silent Cal’.

Word Power Made Easydoes more than just add words to your vocabulary. It teaches ideas and a method of broadening your knowledge as an integral part of the vocabulary building process. The most effective vocabulary builder in the English language provides a simple, step-by-step method that will increase your knowledge and mastery of written and spoken English. Word Power Made Easy does more than just add words to your vocabulary. It teaches ideas and a method of broadening your knowledge as an integral part of the vocabulary building process.

The more extensive your vocabulary, the better your chances for success, other things being equal-success in attaining your educational goals, success in moving ahead in your business or professional career, success in achieving your intellectual potential. Humanities & Social Sciences > Education > Curriculum and Instruction by Subject > Reading and Literacy – Vocabulary I found it really interesting to learn the sometimes strange and quirky origin of a lot of words. It made me realize that words are not just simple associations of meanings with sounds. They are much more - they are pieces of history living among us. Studying etymology often provides us a look at how people did things and thought about phenomena in the past. For example, did you know that the name George literally means a land-worker (geo + ergon). Or that sycophants are called so because they were originally fig-showers [(fig : sykon) + (show : phanein)], people who informed the authorities (to gain their favor) when figs were being stolen from the sacred groves or when fig-dealers were dodging the tariff. This is a great book for building vocabulary. A must-have for students preparing for competitive exams which test language skills. This book is easy to read and is divided into a number of sections which test your vocabulary as well as grammar. Also has a wide range of Synonyms, Antonyms, Paronyms, Idioms and special phrases. The comprehensive tests given in the book are a tad bit difficult but if you read the book thoroughly, you will be able to solve them. Our mission is to foster a universal passion for reading by partnering with authors to help create stories and communicate ideas that inform, entertain, and inspire.

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New words are divided into thematic chapters that make it easy to draw connections between the words. An excellent book on improving your vocabulary. I've just bought another one recently, '1500 words in 15 minutes at day', and haven't started it to see how they compare. 'Word Power made easy' was broken up into categories based on what you might require. Each category revolved around a central theme which helped to hold everything together when learning. Word Power Made Easy is a comprehensive vocabulary‑building system created by legendary grammarian Norman Lewis that provides a simple, step‑by‑step method to increase your knowledge and mastery of the English language.

Norman Lewis exposes to us the world we would never have given a thought about, normally. If there’s a word we use, how did it come to existence, and from where. Lewis tells us the stories behind innumerable words which are hard to forget. You might have a faulty memory about remembering words, but the idea stays with you and so does the word. You can't get by with merely memorizing a definition for many of the exercises. You really have to comprehend the word and its relation to its synonyms and antonyms. This book is a vocabulary builder and I honestly thought it was going to be a boring, long endured effort to get through it. However, I found it highly engaging with little stories and passages along the way, as well as explanations about the Latin and Greek roots of certain English words. Apart from introducing new words, defining them and using them with other inter-connected words, there were also useful information on the origins of words, the roots, prefixes and suffixes which went a long way to learning and using the words. This book by Norman Lewis is the first step for a scholar to start the journey of building a good vocabulary. New words are explained with easy steps and the exercises in the end of each chapter help the reader to test himself before moving further.This book is very useful to know about the correct usage of similarly spelled words. If you are going to appear in any overseas university entrance exam, then this book can help you a lot to improve your English. This book consists of numerous examples for getting a better grasp of the language. Learn how to increase your vocabulary and master correct spelling, pronunciation, and usage through a simple and accessible method developed by a leading authority on English-language skills. A Young newspaper woman was sitting next to him at a banquet, so the story goes, and turned to him mischievously.