Improve Your Word Power Test and Build Your Vocabulary

Put your vocabulary skills to the test with this witty and engaging book. Improve Your Word Power is primarily a collection of multiple-choice challenges in which the reader is asked to decide which definition of a given word is correct. But it’s actually so much more than that. Each topic is themed—from words borrowed from French to words about colors; words from Shakespeare to words that sound alike—and the answers are wonderfully informative and accessible, each giving readers the chance to say "Gosh! I didn’t know that!" even with quite familiar words. Interspersed throughout are boxes that feature odd definitions, confusable words and fun facts that make the language come to life. This is a book that is aimed at readers who want to improve their vocabulary for the sheer enjoyment of it.

Caroline Taggart is the author of I Used to Know That, The Classics: All You Need to Know, and An Apple a Day. 

Contents
Introduction 7
Animal, vegetable or mineral 8
Some colourful phrases 12
Words about family and friends 17
Words about thoughts and ideas 22
A change is as good as a rest 27
Words from Shakespeare 33
Words from other writers 39
Words of joy and sorrow 45
And what do you do? 50
Four-letter words 54
Five-letter words 59
Six-letter words 64
Seven-letter words 69
Animal words 74
Are you a man …? 79
Words from French 84
Words from other European languages 89
Over and under 94
Are you with me or against me? 99
One or many? 104
Words that are hard to spell 109
Here’s looking at you, kid 114
Art for art’s sake 119
Words from the Classics 124
B is for … 129
F is for … 135
Words from Asian languages 141
Words from African languages 146
Words that express disapproval 151
Good, bad or indifferent 156
It’s meant as a compliment 161
Give them the money 165
Wordy words 171
Words that are a joy to use 178
Words that are a joy to use (2) 183
Index 189