This course will boost your vocabulary, whether you want to enhance your personal lexicon, write or speak more articulately in professional settings, or advance your knowledge of the English language. For anyone who has ever grasped for the perfect word at a particular moment, this course provides a research-based and enjoyable method for improving your vocabulary

Companion book available in MAIN collection. Compact disc. "Course no. 9373"--disc label. 36 lectures ; each 30 minutes.

VOL. 1 [discs 1-6] : disc 1 : Lecture 1. Five principles for learning vocabulary -- Lecture 2. The spelling-meaning connection ; disc 2 : Lecture 3. Words for lying, swindling, and conniving -- Lecture 4. Words that express annoyance and disgust ; disc 3 : Lecture 5. Fighting words and peaceful words -- Lecture 6. Going beyond dictionary meanings ; disc 4 : Lecture 7. Wicked words -- Lecture 8. Words for beginnings and endings ; disc 5 : Lecture 9. Words expressing fear, love, and hatred -- Lecture 10. Words for the everyday and the elite ; disc 6 : Lecture 11. Words from gods and heroes -- Lecture 12. Humble words and prideful words; VOL. 2 [discs 7-12] : disc 7 : Lecture 13. High-frequency Greek and Latin roots -- Lecture 14. Words relating to belief and trust ; disc 8 : Lecture 15. Words for the way we talk -- Lecture 16. Words for praise, criticism, and nonsense ; disc 9 : Lecture 17. Eponyms from literature and history -- Lecture 18. Thinking, teaching, and learning words ; disc 10 : Lecture 19. Words for the diligent and the lazy -- Lecture 20. Words that break and words that join ; disc 11 : Lecture 21. Some high-utility Greek and Latin affixes -- Lecture22. Cranky words and cool words ; disc 12 : Lecture 23. Words for courage and cowardice -- Lecture 24. Reviewing vocabulary through literature ; VOL. 3 [discs 13-18] : disc 13 : Lecture 25. Words for killing and cutting -- Lecture 26. A vocabulary grab bag ; disc 14 : Lecture 27. Words for words -- Lecture 28. Specialty words for language ; disc 15 : Lecture 29. Nasty words and nice words -- Lecture 30. Words for the really big and the very small ; disc 16 : Lecture 31. Spelling as a vocabulary tool -- Lecture 32. A medley of new words ; disc 17 : Lecture 33. Building vocabulary through games -- Lecture 34. Words English borrowed and never returned ; disc 18 : Lecture 35. More foreign loan words --Lecture 36. Forgotten words and neologisms.