Word Smart
Word Smart by Princeton Review is a 400-page book which helps people build their vocabularies effectively and pragmatically. Learning a good vocabulary is learning words that help you communicate, so the Princeton Review performed research to find the English words that are most often misused or misunderstood. Also, Word Smart (on its 4th Edition) covers the words that are tested most frequently on tests like the SAT.
Readers here at Word Skit probably have some interest in building a vocabulary to impress, whether you’re bent on impressing the person grading your test, interviewing you for a job or just living across the street.
Word Smart – Building an Educated Vocabulary
A lot of people keep “Word Smart” on their desk, to help them write smarter and build their vocabulary with a word-of-the-day program. Word Smart was originally designed to help students prepare for standardized tests, so some of the more recent graduates are probably aware of the Word Smart series (and might despise them). But the Word Smart Series from Princeton Review is well-written and pithy, and a number of writers and business professionals (including myself) use these Word Smart books to polish up their vocabulary.
Word Smart – Volume 2
There is actually a volume II of Word Smart called Word Smart: How to Build a More Powerful Vocabulary, as well as a book called Word Smart For Business: Cultivating a Six Figure Vocabulary.
What’s Inside Word Smart
You’ll find around seventeen hundred often-used and often-misused words in Word Smart: Building an Educated Vocabulary. You’ll find words that you use all the time or get used in newspapers and magazines all the time – sometimes not correctly.
Building a Better Vocabulary
I’m going to continue to point out useful word books like Word Smart for those readers and writers who want to build a more powerful and effective vocabulary. Collect 5-10 word books and you’ll be able to continue building your word knowledge for years to come.