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Author:

Salinger, Michael.

Title:

Well defined : vocabulary in rhyme / Michael Salinger ; illustrations by Sam Henderson.

Publisher:

Wordsong,

Copyright Date:

c2009

Description:

64 p. : ill. ; 19 cm.

Subject:

Vocabulary.
English language--Rhyme.

Other Authors:

Henderson, Sam, 1969-

Contents:

Introduction -- Aggregate [noun] -- Berate [verb] -- Brevity [noun] -- Capricious [adjective] -- Circuitous [adjective] -- Credulity [noun] -- Diffident [adjective] -- Dilatory [adjective] -- Disingenuous [adjective] -- Equivocal [adjective] -- Erratic [adjective] -- Exorbitant [adjective] -- Extenuating [verb] -- Fiasco [noun] -- Florid [adjective] -- Gregarious [adjective] -- Haphazard [adjective] -- Hypothetical [adjective] -- Incessant [adjective] -- Inevitable [adjective] -- Infiltrate [verb] -- Insidious [adjective] -- Instigate [verb] -- Jubilant [adjective] -- Kudos [noun] -- Lugubrious [adjective] -- Magnanimous [adjective] -- Martyr [noun] -- Mitigate [verb] -- Nemesis [noun] -- Novice [noun] -- Oblivion [noun] -- Obsolete [adjective] -- Pessimism [noun] -- Petulant [adjective] -- Pithy [adjective] -- Quandary [noun] -- Recalcitrant [adjective] -- Recidivism [noun] -- Redolent [adjective] -- Refute [ verb] -- Reiterate [verb] -- Resignation [noun] -- Skeptical [adjective] -- Squalid [adjective] -- Tacit [adjective] -- Transient [adjective] -- Transmute [verb] -- Unctuous [adjective] -- Verbose [adjective] -- Wistful [adjective].

Summary:

Lessons and standardized tests are well known for their focus on vocabulary words that students should know. Terms such as capricious, equivocal, mitigate, and instigate can be baffling and nerve-racking to young adults, especially when they need to demonstrate their knowledge in the classroom or on an exam. Poet Michael Salinger defuses the tension by offering his own tongue-in-cheek definitions that students will surely commit to memory.

ISBN:

1590786157 (hardcover : alk. paper)
9781590786154 (hardcover : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)227570952

LCCN:

2008019101

Locations:

OUAX845 -- Dordt University (Sioux Center)

CQPE926 -- Washington Free Public Library (Washington)