A friend of mine showed me a couple of books she thought I might be interested it. The 100 Most Beautiful Words in English and The 100 Funniest Words in English. Both book are written by Robert Beard. After glancing through the words I think this would make the perfect gift for any student in middle school, high school and college. I find vocabulary development lacking in even some of the brightest students, especially with the higher level descriptive vocabulary words.
I'll guarantee you'll learn some new vocabulary too. I knew about 1/2 the words on the most beautiful word list and about 3/4 on the funniest word list. I really liked the funniest word list because not only were the words silly but a lot of them were well accepted slang words. Any student could use these books to spice up their writing and oral language. (At the very least, get the books and throw them in the bathroom.)
Check out alphadictionary for a complete review of both books.
http://www.alphadictionary.com/articles/100_funniest_words.html
http://www.alphadictionary.com/articles/100_most_beautiful_words.html
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