The words you should to sound smart : 1,200 essential words every sophisticated person should be able to use

A tongue-in-cheek guide to words that a smart, well-educated, pretentious person should be able to drop into cocktail conversation. It helps the reader to toss off words such as 'Disestablishmentarianism', 'descant', and 'autodidactic', proving, if not the value of a go...

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Main Author: Bly, Robert W. (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Avon, Mass. : Adams Media , c2009
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300 |a ix, 245 p. ;   |c 22 cm. 
504 |a Includes bibliographical references and index 
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650 0 |a Vocabulary 
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