The Joy of Vocabulary: An Advanced Guide to Mastering New Words

by Norman Levine, Robert T. Levine, Harold Levine

Book Overview

For use at home, school, or office, The Joy of Vocabulary is the perfect tool to enhance your language skills in all areas of communication--swiftly and enjoyably Whether you want to improve your... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0451193962
• Release Date: September 1997
• Publisher: Berkley
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 3.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 6.7" x 0.9" x 4.2"

Customer Reviews

Fabulous!

I bought this book some time ago and just recently started to use it and I am very impressed. It has the same things as the others: word families, roots, stories, and exercises. However, the "thinking with your new words" section is genius! It's the best exercise I've seen which aids one's "recall." Having to take a description or phrase and narrow it down to a specific word instead of vice versa (determining a single word's meaning from the surrounding context) is the best way to add and retain/recall words to one's SPEAKING vocabulary (we all have one in addition to reading and writing). It's this part of our vocabulary which is the sorely lacking. I wish the authors would do a newer and bigger book with more words and with only this type of exercise (by the way, how could I get in touch with them to offer this suggestion?). We'd all be (like the Victorians who raised the art of conversation to unparalleled heights) a lot more eloquent!

A wonderful way to learn new words

This book taught me many new words that are valuable for everyday conversation. It is divided into different categories such as: number words, medical words, words from other languages, figurative expressions, etc. The authors give a definition and a sentence for each new word. They give exercises to help you master the words. The book also tells the history of some words which is often a good way to remember the word. However, sometimes these can get boring since they are all basically the same. I used this book to study for spelling bees, and I recommend it to students and adults alike. You will learn from this book.