Mr. Coolidge,” she said, “I have a bet with my editor that I can get you to say more than two words to me this evening.” Learn how to increase your vocabulary and master correct spelling, pronunciation, and usage through a simple and accessible method developed by a leading authority on English-language skills. I always wondered what vocabulary building books would be like. Probably a lot of preaching and a bazillion words in a list that you are supposed to memorise kind of thing was what my imagination suggested. But Word Power Made Easy was nothing at all like that.

There is an anecdote about Calvin Coolidge, who, when he was the president of USA, was often called (though probably not to his face) ‘Silent Cal’. If not, it argues that language impacts your ideas; in other words, a Russian genuinely distinguishes more hues of blue than an American simply because the Russian language has more terms for the subtleties. The idea that Norman Lewis upholds in the entire book is “No Learning Words. But Learning the Ideas Behind the Words.” It is quite hard to guess what exactly he means by that initially, but as you leaf through the masterpiece, you realise that it is the ideas that you need to build your vocabulary, not a list of words. It is also a better way to learn them because the book correctly assumes that words can only be properly absorbed when they are placed in a specific context, which is how the majority of them are introduced.This book is a vocabulary builder and I honestly thought it was going to be a boring, long endured effort to get through it. However, I found it highly engaging with little stories and passages along the way, as well as explanations about the Latin and Greek roots of certain English words.

Word Power Made Easydoes more than just add words to your vocabulary. It teaches ideas and a method of broadening your knowledge as an integral part of the vocabulary building process. With an extensive repertoire of mental workouts to develop the subtle nuance of English grammar and build upon an enriched network of vocabulary, this book brings together a succinct narrative to engage readers with the sole purpose of enhancing the use of words. All words are reviewed multiple times in exercises throughout the book that use a variety of ways to measure recall and understanding. Read more: 50 Difficult words with meaning | Tips to remember them! Part Three: finishing with a feeling of complete success Chapter 14 – How to talk about common phenomena and occurrences In chapter three, you’ll discover a variety of phrases “that define all kinds and sorts of individuals, including terminology for self-interest, reactions to the world, attitudes toward others, skill and awkwardness, marital states, and hate of man, woman, and marriage.”This is the chapter to work with if you want to learn what “taciturn” or “garrulous” means and don’t want to sound “inarticulate” and “banal” the next time you’re out with your friends. Chapter 11: How to insult your adversaries