Do you know what "quatrefoil" and "impolitic" mean? What about
"halcyon" or "narcolepsy"?
This book is a handy, easy-to-read reference guide to the proper
parlance for any situation. In this book you will find: Words You
Absolutely Should Know (covert, exonerate, perimeter); Words You Should
Know But Probably Don't (dour, incendiary, scintilla); Words Most People
Don't Know (schlimazel, thaumaturgy, epergne); Words You Should Know to
Sound Overeducated (ad infinitum, nugatory, garrulity); Words You
Probably Shouldn't Know (priapic, damnatory, labia majora); and more.
Whether writing an essay, studying for a test, or trying to impress
friends, family, and fellow cocktail party guests with their prolixity,
you will achieve magniloquence, ebullience, and flights of rhetorical
brilliance.