The Joy of Vocabulary: An Advanced Guide to Mastering New Words

by Harold Levine, Norman Levine, Robert T. Levine

For use at home, school, or office,  The Joy of Vocabulary  is the perfect tool to enhance your language skills in all areas of communication—swiftly and enjoyably!

Whether you want to improve your speech, have a better understanding of our wonderfully complex language, or communicate with confidence in writing or in meetings, this indispensable guide provides the means to do it all. Divided into logical sections for easy assimilation, The Joy of Vocabulary offers 800 new words and the skills to use and build on them. You will

• Previews to test yourself on words and usage before the lesson
• Mini-glossaries in each section giving clear, concise definitions
• Section quizzes to ensure your understanding of the new words
• Reviews every five chapters to help you  gain facility in using your growing vocabulary
• A dictionary of words and expressions, plus answers to every quiz and review question in the book

Genres: Nonfiction

352 pages, Mass Market Paperback

First published January 1, 1984

Reviews

[jacky · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is the vocab book I got from my collaborating teacher. As far as vocab books go, I really like this book. The words are grouped by topic and thus focus on etamology. I gave up on using it though because my students were doing horribly; turns out they did horribly on all vocab. I did use to enjoy looking at words and seeing our vocab words. It was fun to have my mind yell out "vocab word!"