The Thinker's Thesaurus

Name: The Thinker's Thesaurus
Brand: W W Norton & Company
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Sophisticated Alternatives to Common Words

By: Peter E. Meltzer

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Paperback | 3 August 2015 | Edition Number 3

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720 Pages

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This entertaining and informative reference featuressophisticated and surprising alternatives to commonwords together with no-fail guides to usage. Avoidingtraditional thesauruses' mundane synonym choices,Peter E. Meltzer puts each word-whether it's protrepic,apostrophize, iracund, or emulous-in context by usingexamples from a broad range of contemporary books,periodicals, and newspapers. His new introductionmakes the case for why we should widen our vocabularyand use the one right word. This groundbreakingthesaurus remains a unique venture, one that enrichesyour writing while helping you find the perfect word.

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"This book will lend hours of pleasure-as well as help you preserve the highest layers of the English vocabulary." -- John McWhorter, author of The Language Hoax "A million dollars' worth of fifty-cent words." -- Erin McKean, editor, Verbatim "Delves into the mostly untapped reservoir of the English lexicon, offering readers more than top-of-mind word choices." -- Dow Jones Newsletter

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