Two Words, One Answer.
Word Quiz:
 Word Power Quiz Book (Readers Digest Magazine) $0.65 I picked this up as one of a set of three.The others are "Quotable Quotes" and "Life in these United States."; packaged as "Quips,Quotes,and Quizzes". This book is a set of 50 lists of words to test your knowledge.This has been a long time feature of Reader's Digest.As an Engineer,who considers his "word knowledge" rather minimal,this book was very enjoyable.Each list has 20 words with 4 meanings to choose from.My scores ranged from 12 to 17,and rated as excellent. These little tests made me feel pretty good,but I would hardly consider my skills in word power as excellent.One thing that surprised me was that many common word's meanings are misunderstood.To add a little spice most lists have one or two words I've never heard of. That's twice,who says you can't end a sentence with a preposition? For a taste of what's in this little book... What is an Elision? What is a Metrognome?..a city elf. There are a lot of one-liners scattered throughout the book. "A rare book: One that comes back after you've lent it." If you've read "An Exaltation of Larks" by James Lipton;you'll like the slant of these.. "A raft of survivors." "A drive of cars." "A pound of hammers" to which I would like to add.. An opinion of reviewers. A great little tome to pass the time while the King sits on the Throne;and I've still got two more to go!  V Tech - Quiz Biz - Word Play $14.99 I ordered quiz biz and the math equivalent for my child and her friends. It was great to learn how to spell early and be able to handle the handheld device which was easy to transition into the game handheld devices. I strongly recommend this to children in pre-school to kindergarten.  Word Choice Video Quiz $39.95 Building vocabulary is beneficial for all writers, and learning to distinguish frequently misused words is essential. |
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