Word Workout

Building a Muscular Vocabularly in 10 Easy Steps

By: Charles Harrington Elster

Narrated by: Charles Harrington Elster

Word Workout is a practical audiobook for building vocabulary - a graduated program featuring thousands of words that begins with those known by most college graduates and ascends to words known only by the most educated, intelligent, and well-read adults. This workout is a comprehensive program, chock-full of information about synonyms, antonyms, and word origins, and replete with advice on proper usage and pronunciation. There are also creative review quizzes at each step of the way to measure your progress and reinforce learning. Unlike other vocabulary books, Word Workout provides a complete learning experience with clear explanations and surefire methods to retain new knowledge. Far more than a cram session for a standardized test, this book is designed as a lifetime vocabulary builder, featuring words used by the top tier of literate Americans, laid out in 10 accessible chapters designed for anyone who is looking for some serious verbal exercise.

From "avowal" to "proselytize", from "demagogue" to "mendicant", Charles Harrington Elster has carefully picked the words you need to know, and given you an easy, fast, and fail-safe way to learn and remember them.

©2014 Charles Harrington Elster (P)2014 Macmillan Audio

The vast amount of words I don’t know

Very compelling a book I didn’t know I needed
The test made it easy to learn each word

So much fun!

Elster does a great job of sharing his passion for language I will look for more work by him.

loved it.

I enjoy listening to this audiobook while I work. The program features definitions, antonyms, synonyms, and etymology. good stuff.

Great vocabulary builder

I have 3 other of Elster’s word books and this one is my favorite. It goes into more depth about usage and other useful information

Finally found the perfect vocab book

I am very stingy with my credits. This book is so, so worth it! I was kind of worried that the words would be too easy at first, but that is NOT the case. And even so, Mr. Harrington Elster includes valuable information such as etymology, synonyms, applications so you learn way more about words you may already know.

The words get progressively more difficult as the book goes on and I am very pleased that the last 100+ words are obscure to the point I’ve never even heard them before.

Also, this is narrated by the author (who has an excellent voice—I read that he was a voice talent), and he’s pretty clearly a pedant, which is exactly what I want from someone pronouncing difficult vocabulary.