This Book Contains Meanings of More Than 1200 Advanced English Words (including phrasal verbs and idioms). | Sample This: arduous / strenuous - involving a lot of effort and energy | assiduous / diligent / sedulous - showing care and effort in your work or duties | fastidious / meticulous / scrupulous - giving careful attention to every detail

Designed to help advance students master spoken and written English as it is actually used, this groundbreaking new dictionary provides in-depth and up-to-date coverage of basic English vocabulary, grammar, and usage. Outstanding features include nearly 100,000 words and phrases, more than 160,000 usage examples, more than 22,000 idioms, verbal collocations, and commonly used phrases, and more than 1,000 original drawings--including 16 pages of full color art. Abundant supplemental information includes 25 pages of grammar.

The main purpose of these book series (two volumes) is to provide you an impressive and invaluable collection of English synonyms and antonyms multiple-choice exercises. By completing this book you will enhance and enrich your vocabulary skills. Your quest is to find the right synonym for the given word. It can either be a word with a close, similar meaning (depending on the context) or a word related to the one which you should find a synonym for. This book is suitable for both medium and advanced English learners.Please keep an eye on further releases and check my books on English Grammar.Good luck!

THIS BOOK CONTAINS MEANINGS OF MORE THAN 1200 ADVANCED ENGLISH WORDS (including phrasal verbs and idioms) Sample This: ("sb" implies somebody, "sth" implies something)arduous / strenuous involving a lot of effort and energyassiduous / diligent / sedulous showing care and effort in your work or dutiesfastidious / meticulous / scrupulous giving careful attention to every detailebullient / effervescent / exuberant / rollicking full of energy, excitement, etc.dejected / despondent / disconsolate unhappy and disappointeddiscomfit / disconcert / faze to make sb feel confused or embarrassed**********SYNONYMS FOR "TO MAKE SOMEBODY VERY ANGRY"antagonize / enrage / exasperate / infuriate / incense / raise sb's hackles to make sb very angry**********SYNONYMS FOR "ANNOYED"brassed off / crooked on sb / cross with sb / disgruntled / fed up / hacked off / miffed / narked / peeved annoyedpique annoyed because your pride has been hurtget under sb's skin to annoy sbgrate on sb / irk to annoy sbvex to annoy or worry sbvexatious making you feel annoyed or worried**********SYNONYMS FOR "TO AVOID"dodge / elude / eschew / evade / fight shy of sth / fudge / gloss over / skirt around sth / skate over sth / shun / shy away from sth to avoid**********SYNONYMS FOR "BAD-TEMPERED"cantankerous / choleric / crotchety / crusty / dyspeptic / grumpy / irritable / peevish / petulant / ratty / splenetic / sourpuss / stroppy / tetchy bad-tempered**********SYNONYMS FOR "TO CRITICIZE"castigate / censure / chastise / deplore / denounce / excoriate / flay / fulminate / inveigh against sb/sth / lampoon / lash out at sb / pan / pillory / pull sb up / rap / revile / upbraid to criticizeget / give a rap over the knuckle to get / give criticismhit out at sb/sth to criticizepounce on to quickly criticizesecond guess to guess, to criticizeslam to bang, to criticizeslate to plan that sth will happen at a particular time in future, to criticizetake a swipe at sb / take sb to task to criticize**********SYNONYMS FOR "HAPPINESS"elation great happiness, excitementexultation great pride or happinessbliss / ecstasy / felicity / jubilation / joie de vivre great happiness**********

THIS BOOK CONTAINS MEANINGS OF MORE THAN 1400 ADVANCED ENGLISH WORDS (including phrasal verbs and idioms). English Words And Meanings, Advance English Words And Their Meanings, Learn English Words For Improving Your English, English Words And Meanings From Letter A To Letter Z Sample This: ("sb" implies somebody, "sth" implies something) abase yourself to accept sb's power over you knuckle under to sb/sth to accept sb/sth else's authority submissive too willing to accept sb else's authority subservient to sth submissive, less important than sth else abashed ashamed and embarrassed bashful shy and easily embarrassed put sb on the spot to make sb feel embarrassed by asking difficult question about turn / volte face complete change of opinion, etc. turn about sudden and complete change in sth abstemious not allowing yourself to have much food or alcohol or enjoyable activities austere without any decorations; (of a person) strict and serious; abstemious ad-lib to give a speech or a performance without preparation or practice improvise to make or do sth using whatever is available, to ad-lib abuse unfair or cruel treatment of sb/sth oppress to treat sb cruelly, to weigh down persecute to treat sb cruelly acclaim to praise sb publicly, praise and approval commendation / plaudits praise and approval accolade praise or award of honour laurels honour and praise given to sb because of sth they have achieved acrid bitter smell or taste acrimony bitter feelings or words adolescent young person who is developing from a child into an adult teens years of a person's life when they are between 13 and 19 years old affected pretended disaffected unsatisfied affront to insult or offend sb take umbrage at sth to feel offended or upset by sth aft in the stern of the ship or aircraft abaft in the stern of a ship stern the back end of a boat or ship agglomeration group of things put together in no particular order conglomeration mixture of different things found all together a la carte food which is selected from the list of dishes and prices table d' hot plate of food with fixed price agnosia inability to recognize people and things analgesia loss of the ability to feel pain while still conscious apoplexy inability to feel, move because of injury in the brain asphyxia difficulty in breathing which may cause death or unconsciousness dyslexia difficulty in reading and spelling but no effect in intelligence agoraphobia fear of being in the crowd claustrophobia fear of being in a small confined place alimony money, which is given to former husband or wife after the end of the marriage palimony money which is given to former partner after the end of a relationship altercation noisy argument or disagreement argy-bargy noisy disagreement alumna former woman student alumnus former male student amble / saunter / stroll to walk in a slow relaxed way ramble to walk for pleasure

'The Merriam-Webster Thesaurus' offers over 157,000 synonyms, antonyms, related and contrasted words and idioms, all alphabetically organised with brief definitions of shared meanings.

501 Synonyms and Antonym Questions is designed to help students prepare for the verbal sections of most assessment and entrance exams. The book increases a student's vocabulary and refines their knowledge of words, bringing about higher standardized test scores and more effective verbal and written communication. Questions in this book prepare students for the synonym and antonym problems found on most standardized tests-including high school entrance exams, the SAT, civil service exams, and the GRE. The book increases in difficulty as students move through each exercise. All answers are explained, featuring short definitions and terms that clarify word meanings and their opposites for effective studying and positive reinforcement.