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The Oxford Essential Dictionary of Difficult Words
Paperback, 496 pages
Published
July 1st 2001
by Berkley
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I once had a friend try to find a word in this book I didn't know. He quizzed me on "Forbodying." What? Hadn't heard of that word... Tried to come to some sort of conclusion using roots. No dice. Finally, I asked him to spell it. F-O-R-E-B-O-D-I-N-G he said. Oh, Foreboding! A sense of impending doom, right? The smug look went away. He could only win at this game as long as he mispronounced words.
Define difficult word. Not quite as indisputably awesome as the Oxford Dictionary with Thesaurus, but close and fun to use on friends. ;)
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