If your skill with words isn't up to scratch, you may find yourself sidelined or ignored at work and elsewhere. You create an impression with what you write and a weak or incorrect vocabulary is a serious liability. AWESOME VOCABULARY offers a painless way to build an exceptional vocabulary. Readers will discover comprehensive, useful lists of words and exercises focused on improving word choices. They'll also learn: · Tricks to reveal the meaning of new words · Memory devices to help distinguish between similar words · The difference between using words to impress and using words that make their meanings clear · Examples of writing - correct and incorrect, attractive and unlovely, persuasive and off-putting - that clearly show the right stuff and how to amend the wrong stuff · The secret to “balanced prose”: the Rule of Three · Avoiding repetition and redundancy · The proper vocabulary for the proper occasion: business letters, e-mails and casual conversation · Words to avoid at all costs