Word Power Made Simple

132 Pages·1986·14.937 MB·English

by  Peter Funk, Mary Funk

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Learn the secrets of better writing and speaking
Enjoy fascinating word histories and build your vocabulary
Prepare for SATs and other tests, practice with exercises
Written by noted author of Reader's Digest word power column
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PETER FUNK
NONFICTION
It Pays to Enrich Your Word Power
Word Memory Power in 30 Days
Coeditor, Word Power
Coeditor, Super Word Power
Reader's Digest feature "It Pays to Enrich Your Word Power"
Coauthor, Japanese edition, It Pays to Enrich Your Word Power
Coauthor, Canadian edition, It Pays to Enrich Your Word Power
Coauthor, Guide Book for the New Christian
High Spirits
Coauthor, computer software program Power of Words
FICTION
My Six Loves
Love and Consequences
MARY FUNK
EDITOR AND EDITORIAL CONSULTANT
Coauthor, Canadian edition, It Pays to Enrich Your Word Power
Coauthor, Japanese edition, It Pays to Enrich Your Word Power
Coauthor, computer software program Power of Words
Digitized by the Internet Archive
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WORD POWER
MADE
SIMPLE®
Peter Funk and Mary Funk
MADE SIMPLE® BOOKS
DOUBLEDAY & COMPANY, INC
GARDEN CITY, NEW YORK
1986
SAUSALITO PUBLIC LIBRARY
Copyright © 1986 by Doubleday & Company, Inc.
All rights reserved
Printed in the United States ofAmerica
First Edition
Library ofCongress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Funk, Peter.
Word power made simple.
Includes index.
1. Vocabulary. I. Funk, Mary. II. Title.
PE1449.F773 1986 428.1 85-13117
ISBN 0-385-19618-0
Contents
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chapter 1: First Things First How to Make This Book Work for You
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chapter 2: Dik shuh ner eez
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chapter 3: So You Want People to Hear You!
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chapter 4: Synonyms Are Close Together; Antonyms Are Miles Apart
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chapter 5: You, Too, Can Be a Word Mechanic! Getting to the Roots
21
First Review Quiz
25
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chapter 6: The First and Last of Things Prefixes and Suffixes
27
chapter 7: Are These Words Native or Imported?
33
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chapter 8: Words on the Move The Changing World of Words
39
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chapter 9: How Words Get to Be the Way They Are Origins and Histories
45
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chapter 10: The Name of the Game Is Fame Names of Places, People, and Things
49
Second Review Quiz
53
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chapter 1 1: In Our Own Words Americana
55
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chapter 12: Say What You Mean Simplicity and Clarity
61
chapter 13: Style Is the Dress of Thought
67
Contents
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chapter 14: Are You Sure You Can Express What You Feel? Denotation and Connotation
73
chapter 15: Confusibles and Other Things to Trip You
77
Final Review Quiz
83
DICTIONARY OF POWER WORDS
85