Rare Words II

Price: $20

Item:RB0775

Need this in time for the Holidays?

Rare these words may be, but oh-so-useful, as you'll see
This sequel to one of our bestselling word books provides whimsical rhymes in the best Ogden Nash tradition, to help you add words such as persiflage, chiliad, shivaree and vail to your vocabulary with ease.

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Sequel to our bestselling Rare Words book
500 words with definition, part of speech and simple phonetics
Whimsical rhymes for many words to aid in remembering
Some words with high-scoring letters for Scrabble buffs
Category index in front, alphabetical index in back
Handy 4 1/2 x 9 1/4 size for bag or desk
Two-color presentation with charming illustrations
139 pages
Not in the bookstores, only at Levenger

An opsimath/takes the path/of learning late./It's worth the wait! Authors Jan and Hallie Leighton made it worth the wait for Rare Words II, the smile-provoking sequel to their bestselling word book. This new batch of 500 rarities features lighthearted poems to help you remember many of the entries, along with definitions and simple phonetics. Here's the rhyme for perpend, which means to ponder or deliberate:

Hamlet, perpending,
delayed sending
the evil king to kingdom come,
but finally he killed the bum.

Scrabble buffs will appreciate entries such as qat, pyx and jape to help form words with high-scoring letters. Only from Levenger.

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