The Words You Should Know to Sound Smart: 1, 200 Essential Words Every Sophisticated Person Should be Able to Use

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By Robert W Bly

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Release date NZ

April 24th, 2009

Author

Robert W Bly

Pages

256

Dimensions (mm)

140x216x17

Country of Publication

United States

Imprint

Adams Media Corporation

ISBN-13

9781598698862

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144 Banana Points

Product ID

2750757

Description

This is a tongue-in-cheek guide to words that any smart, well-educated, pretentious person should be able to drop into cocktail conversation.The reader is encouraged to toss off words such as 'Disestablishmentarianism', 'descant', and 'autodidactic', proving, if not the value of a good education, at least the appearance of a good education.Each word is accompanied by a pronunciation guide and a sentence illustrating its use. Some of the sentences are made up, while others are well-known quotations.

Author Biography

Robert W. Bly is a professional writer and self-made millionaire. He is the author of seventy books including several popular volumes on writing. He has lectured on writing, publishing, and marketing to numerous groups. He is a former Adjunct Professor of Communications at New York University.