100 Words To Make You Sound SmartHarperCollins, 04/10/2006 - 132 páginas Find the right words to make a point, seal the deal, or just keep folks listening! Chosen by the editors of the American Heritage Dictionaries, these words can help anyone who wants to be a more compelling communicator—as a worker, consumer, advocate, friend, dinner companion, or even romantic prospect. The book includes a colorful variety of words, including handy words of just one syllable (such as glib) and words derived from the names of famous people (such as Freudian slip and Machiavellian). There are expressions from popular culture (Catch-22) and words that date back to classical civilization (spartan and stoic). Each word is clearly defined and shown in context with quotations from magazines, newspapers, broadcast media, movies, and television. For many words, quotations from distinguished authors and speakers are also given and word histories are explained. 100 Words to Make You Sound Smart provides an enjoyable way to communicate more effectively, distinctively, and articulately. |
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Palavras e frases frequentes
2003 From Latin 2004 From French 2005 From Middle ablative form accolade adjective Characterized American avant-garde baroque brogue Byzantine Byzantium cacophony camaraderie carte blanche caustic century charisma D.H. Lawrence David déjà vu deschevele disheveled élan ennui entry word faux fiasco fide film finagle Freudian slip George Germanic origin glib Greek hair heresy Irish Jim Lehrer junket kitsch Late Latin litany live look lurid Machiavellian mantra meaning Medieval Latin mercenary MICHELE NORRIS Middle English narcissist Narcissus narcissus flower never NewsHour with Jim nirvānam Nobel Lecture noun noun A person ogle Old French one's past participle Philistines political President pronunciation quid pro quo quintessential rhetoric Roman rush basket Samson Sanskrit sequitur show The NewsHour someone sound speech Stoa Stoa Poikile Stoic Svengali syllable talking TEASDALE teetotaler tête-à-tête things thought TV show unrequited verb Vulgar Latin waft white elephant York Zeno of Citium