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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... Old French acoler , from Vulgar Latin * ac- collare : Latin ad- , to , toward + Latin collum , neck . ] In tracing ... French accolade , “ an embrace . " An embrace was origi- nally given to a knight when dubbing him , which is why acco ...
... Old French acoler , from Vulgar Latin * ac- collare : Latin ad- , to , toward + Latin collum , neck . ] In tracing ... French accolade , “ an embrace . " An embrace was origi- nally given to a knight when dubbing him , which is why acco ...
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... French avant - garde , vanguard , from Old French : avant , before ( from Latin abante , in front : ab , from + ante , before ) + garde , guard ( of Germanic origin ) . ] avant - garde / baroque 6 baroque ( bə - rōk ' ) adjective ...
... French avant - garde , vanguard , from Old French : avant , before ( from Latin abante , in front : ab , from + ante , before ) + garde , guard ( of Germanic origin ) . ] avant - garde / baroque 6 baroque ( bə - rōk ' ) adjective ...
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... original Spiritual Exercises and some of the commentaries on them for myself ... French baroque , from Italian barocco , and from Por- tuguese barroco ... French borrowed this word as baroque and used it of baroque architecture , whose ...
... original Spiritual Exercises and some of the commentaries on them for myself ... French baroque , from Italian barocco , and from Por- tuguese barroco ... French borrowed this word as baroque and used it of baroque architecture , whose ...
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... French bourgeois , from Old French burgeis , citizen of a town , from bourg , fortified town , from Late Latin burgus , fortress , of Germanic origin . ] bourgeois 10 RINGO : Leave them drums alone . FLOOR MANAGER :
... French bourgeois , from Old French burgeis , citizen of a town , from bourg , fortified town , from Late Latin burgus , fortress , of Germanic origin . ] bourgeois 10 RINGO : Leave them drums alone . FLOOR MANAGER :
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... French bravade and Old Spanish bravada , swagger , bravery , both ultimately from Vulgar Latin * brabus , brave , from Latin barbarus , foreign , barbarous , from Greek bar- baros , non - Greek , barbarous ( imitative of the sound of un ...
... French bravade and Old Spanish bravada , swagger , bravery , both ultimately from Vulgar Latin * brabus , brave , from Latin barbarus , foreign , barbarous , from Greek bar- baros , non - Greek , barbarous ( imitative of the sound of un ...
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Palavras e frases frequentes
2001 From Middle 2002 From French ablative form accolade adjective Characterized American angst avant-garde baroque brogue brusque Byzantine carte blanche caustic century charisma cloying D.H. Lawrence David déjà vu descheveler dilettante disheveled élan ennui entry word fastidious faux fiasco fide film finagle Freudian slip Germanic origin glib Greek hair heresy idyllic Irish Jim Lehrer junket kitsch Late Latin litany live look lurid Machiavellian malaise malinger mantra meaning Medieval Latin ment mercenary MICHELE NORRIS Middle English minimalist narcissist Narcissus narcissus flower never NewsHour with Jim noun nouveau riche oblivion ogle Old French ostracize panacea past participle Philistines political President pronunciation quid pro quo quintessential rhetoric Roman rush basket Samson Sanskrit sequitur show The NewsHour sound spartan speech Stoa Stoa Poikile stoic suave syllable TEASDALE teetotaler tête-à-tête thing thought tion TV show unrequited verb Vulgar Latin waft white elephant York Zeno of Citium