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Vicious Vocabulary - Softcover

Eisenhower, Phil

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9780375720413: Vicious Vocabulary
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0375720413 ISBN 13: 9780375720413
Publisher: Random House Reference, 2003

Synopsis

Timorous tenderfoots, lackadaisical slouches, and closed-minded obscurants should avoid this fun and devious vocabulary book. Everyone else will delight in its blend of flabbergasting words, wacky quotes, and creative quizzes. Educator Phil Eisenhower has selected the words SAT and GRE takers love to hate–
such as obdurate, edacious, and vulpine–and made them memorable. Realizing that people remember insults better than any other words, the author has phrased each word as a humorous barb. The result is a vocabulary reference that everyone–from gangsters to students to presidents–can use to insult and impress.

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About the Author

PHIL EISENHOWER has been an English teacher in some of California's toughest schools. This is his first book.

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Timorous tenderfoots, lackadaisical slouches, and closed-minded obscurants should avoid this fun and devious vocabulary book. Everyone else will delight in its blend of flabbergasting words, wacky quotes, and creative quizzes. Educator Phil Eisenhower has selected the words SAT and GRE takers love to hate
such as obdurate, edacious, and vulpine and made them memorable. Realizing that people remember insults better than any other words, the author has phrased each word as a humorous barb. The result is a vocabulary reference that everyone from gangsters to students to presidents can use to insult and impress.

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Publisher
Random House Reference
Publication date
2003
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0375720413
ISBN 13 
9780375720413
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
272
Rating
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