Word Power Made Easy

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The third time you would only take around 30 hours. This time you’ll be skimming the book and only unremembered words would take your major attention. A Young newspaper woman was sitting next to him at a banquet, so the story goes, and turned to him mischievously. The first section starts with more basic nuances of speaking the language. Here the author begins by first testing the readers present grasp over vocabulary. It moves on to the domain of describing the use of the English language in conversation with different personalities including doctors, scientists, liars and in turn presents information on conveying ideas related to the aforementioned personas. It then drives on to the second section whereby the focus is not just on conveying information but also emotions that vary across insulting, flattering and conversing about actions.

Have you ever caught yourself skimming through the tedious hospital conversation in every other House episode? You can't get by with merely memorizing a definition for many of the exercises. You really have to comprehend the word and its relation to its synonyms and antonyms. The majority of the chapters in Lewis’ book begin with teaser questions; this chapter answers them. 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. 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 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

Even if the Sapir-Whorf hypothesis is possibly exaggerated, it is indisputable that expanding your vocabulary can improve your thinking. All words are reviewed multiple times in exercises throughout the book that use a variety of ways to measure recall and understanding. Words are the instruments employing which men and women grasp the thoughts of others and with which they do much of their thinking. They are the tools of thought. As Robert Louis Stevenson once said, the world is full of many things, and it’s wonderful to be able to name at least some of them. This chapter introduces the terms ‘ephemerality’ and ‘cacophony,’ as well as ‘parsimonious’ and ‘opulent.’ Chapter 15 – How to talk about what goes on. Word Power Made Easy is a comprehensive vocabulary‑building system created by legendary grammarian Norman Lewis that provides a simple, step‑by‑step method to increase your knowledge and mastery of the English language.

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Norman Lewis exposes to us the world we would never have given a thought about, normally. If there’s a word we use, how did it come to existence, and from where. Lewis tells us the stories behind innumerable words which are hard to forget. You might have a faulty memory about remembering words, but the idea stays with you and so does the word. Reading it for the first time would take you about 90 hours. You can divide the hours according to your available time. A second time would take between 50 and 60 hours. You would have remembered most of the words and completed most of the exercises. The invaluable guide ends with ‘brief intermission’ where the author notes the grammatical delicacies of the language and does so in ten little chapters. Here the flexibility of the language, idiomatic use of slang, speaking naturally and interesting derivatives are discussed in a concise manner. The book also has a number of tests to improve your language. Word Power Made Easy: The Complete Handbook For Building A Superior Vocabulary is indeed a champion in the cause of learning English in the fastest and most effective way. Apart from those, develop a habit of reading. It may be books, newspapers, magazines, etc. Only solving the exercises in Word Power Made Easy won’t help. Reading a lot will help you understand the usage of new words. Because words are images of things, and the more things you can identify, the better your vision of – and ability to connect with – the world. Chapter 3 – How to talk about personality types