Paul McFedries

“Information appears to stew out of me naturally, like the precious ottar of roses out of the otter.” —⁠Mark Twain

The Complete Idiot's Guide to a Smart Vocabulary

Essential vocabulary words, whether you're studying for a test, learning the language, or just curious about words.

Front cover of the book The Complete Idiot's Guide to a Smart Vocabulary

Book Info

  • Publisher: Alpha Books
  • Pages: 363
  • Price: US$14.95
  • Pub. date: May 15, 2001
  • Category: language
  • Tags: words

Have you ever read a book or an article in a newspaper or magazine where some egghead writer tosses out ten-dollar words left and right and clearly just expects you to know what they mean? Or perhaps it was a cocktail party conversation where people were using stock market or computer jargon that sounded as though it came from the ancient tongue of some long-lost civilization. These kinds of experiences can make even the smartest among us feel, if only briefly, like complete idiots. That's why I wrote The Complete Idiot's Guide to a Smart Vocabulary.

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