30 Days to a More Powerful Vocabulary

Excellent book to improve your vocabulary and to improve your reading comprehension. I read this in the 80's. After seeing it on Amazon, I bought it for a friend to read.It was written in 1942, so it is a reflection of the time. Ignore the sexism and appreciate how far we have come as humans.

Great book!

I was assigned this book as a college freshman. The more I used it, the more I loved it. Now, I'm using it to teach vocabulary.Chapters are have brain-friendly titles. Definitions are worded clearly and simply.Visually, though, it needs updating. This book was first published before computerized typesetting and desperately needs visual modernization. If you're a confident reader, it's no big deal, but as a reluctant student of English, you might find the text-dense pages a bit mucky.

I decided to revisit 30 Days to a More Powerful Vocabulary that I remember Mrs. Karras using in Jr. High. It was nice to learn the meaning of words that I would find while reading but didn't know. I had forgotten about the exercises and timed tests included in the book but as I get older I find my vocabulary usage deteriorating and decided it was time to reinforce my vocabulary so I can use more precise language in both my business and volunteer work with a non-profit. My motto, "Love to learn and learn to love."

I've always been a person who just can't get through the "boring" process of memorizing new words. This book however makes vocabulary actually interesting. The way the words are introduced and arranged makes learning them interesting. This book follows a unique learning process that I've never found in other books. The words you learn from this books will stay with you for a long while.Once catch though, the "15 minutes a day" is rather at least an hour a day unless you're one of those guys who can memorize anything quickly. Still, spending an hour a day with this book is rather enjoyable.PS: Don't buy this book to enhance your vocabulary for standard tests, use other test specific vocabulary books.

This book focuses on sophisticated words that I'm not likely to use.

This is a very special book which I wanted to give to my granddaughter for her 12th birthday. It arrived just in time for me to send it on to her, enclosing a special note with it.The book is special because I'd given it to my two sons when they were young, and I recall how the three of us enjoyed learning new words and studying word derivations in order to increase our vocabulary. I have just purchased a new copy for myself, and I continue to learn more and more from it.Sincerely,Anita S.

I have never been excited about learning vocabulary. I am not sure if all the studies and things the author cites are always true. I have a terrible vocabulary and I have been very successful, but I have always done poor on standardized test. So I am using it to help with the GRE and teaching my kids what I am learning. I am so glad I purchased it as the fluid reading and enticing language is spurring me on to learn more. I think that is the main goal!

Mother gave me this book 55 years ago and the original has reached the end of its life. Still enjoy revisiting it.

If you are finding book for vocabulary development after completion of word power made easy this book will provide new words and one step ahead of word power but the method used is not etymology based which was used by norman lewis in word power made easy, you can go for it to cover vocabulary from differentmethod

I like. So useful.

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Really good for improving vocabulary and understanding the root of words Lots of helpful exercises