Norman Schur's 1000 Most Important Words This is Norman Schur's list of the 1,000 'most important' words. There are actually 1,019 here because of those that are similarly spelled, opposites of one another, etc.
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Based on the contention that we do not utillize speech to its fullest extent, this guide is an essential aide to unlocking our 'passive' vocabularies and developing a keener appreciation of the richness of language. Indispensable For Writers, Speakers, Teachers! -- Enrich your vocabulary -- Express yourself clearly -- and beautifully -- Fun and easy to use!
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Published July 12th 1982 by Ballantine Books
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Apr 09, 2012Moses Operandi rated it really liked it
There are some fascinating and useful words, and some great etymological histories, but the example sentences are quite outdated. I don't know what the Entebbe crisis was, or I didn't until I googled it, and most people do not either--but Schur uses at least five different words to describe it. All in all, a great way to expand your vocabulary. Some great words I learned: catharsis, atavistic, fey, insouciant, nadir, sublimate, sylph, apotheosis.
It would be useful book for somebody who wants to get lots of vocabularies. There is no doubt that I've learnt valuable self-vocabulary lesson so far. However this book requires for readers to have as much perseverance as possible since there's no picture or few interesting editorial setting. What I want to remark about this book is, it's a good book to cram many words and useful idioms through various example texts(as suggested in the book) in a traditional way. All the vocabularies are listed in..more
I didn't expect it to be this good. Mr. Schur has an excellent selection that I wish I could have memorized. This is a vocab selection every writer should have in his back pocket. The definitions are also lean more to the 'Devil's Dictionary' style and away from the Meriam-Webster style. Fun.
If you are looking to improve your vocabulary, this book will definitely help. I found the paperback version unwieldy, so I purchased the Kindle version.
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