Random House Webster’s Build Your Power Vocabulary

Random House, 1998. — xii, 388 p. — ISBN: 0-375-70247-4.An innovative guide that shows how words work and how to make them work for you!Read, write, and speak more clearly and confidently with this compact, concise, all-in-one vocabulary-building guide. In school and in business, in public speaking and in private conversation, knowing just the right words to use can make a world of difference. Now, here's a book that puts a world of word power right at your fingertips. It includes:Chapters on word roots, the history of interesting words, and up-to-date vocabularyA thorough pronunciation guide with an extensive list of words that are often mispronouncedSections on spelling and on the differences between American and British EnglishInformation on how to use prefixes and suffixes to dramatically increase your vocabularyAn invaluable glossary of usage to ensure that you choose the right words and put them in their proper placePlus, numerous vocabulary tests and exercises, as well as a section of entertaining word puzzlesImprove Your Pronunciation
Improve Your Spelling
Words Commonly Confused
Usage Basics
Learning How Words Are Built Using Prefixes and Suffixes
Learning How Words Are Built from Their Roots
Learning Words from Their Histories
Words Borrowed from Other Languages
Specialized Vocabularies
Business
Science
Computers
Politics
Law
Fashion
Sports
Slang, Jargon, and Dialect
Shortened Forms in English
Guide to Sensitivity in Language
Word Power for Nonnative Speakers
Power Vocabulary for the Year 2000
Vocabulary-Building PuzzlesGlossaries
Tips for Further Study