Levitt, Paul M.
Weighty words, too Paul M. Levitt, Elissa S. Guralnick, Douglas A. Burger ; illustrations by Katherine Karcz. - Albuquerque University of New Mexico Press, 2009. - 92 pages color illustrations ; Hardback 24 cm - Weighty Words Part Two .
Aggrandizement -- Burdensome -- Criterion -- Destination -- Exonerate -- Furbelow -- Geniality -- Hibernate -- Improbable -- Jeremiad -- Katzenjammer -- Lackadaisical -- Mystify -- Nadir -- Optimum -- Partisan -- Querist -- Rusticate -- Surreptitious -- Tirade -- Utilize -- Vicarious -- Wondrous -- Xerophyte -- Yokefellow -- Zany.
Provides definitions for twenty-six vocabulary words from "aggrandizement" to "zany" with stories containing puns that provide mnemonic devices for remembering the definitions.
Ages 9 and up.
9780826345585 0826345581
2008031012
015117984 Uk
Children's stories, American.
Short stories.
Vocabulary.
Puns and punning.
Mnemonics.
PZ7.L5824 / Wg 2009
jLev 17
Weighty words, too Paul M. Levitt, Elissa S. Guralnick, Douglas A. Burger ; illustrations by Katherine Karcz. - Albuquerque University of New Mexico Press, 2009. - 92 pages color illustrations ; Hardback 24 cm - Weighty Words Part Two .
Aggrandizement -- Burdensome -- Criterion -- Destination -- Exonerate -- Furbelow -- Geniality -- Hibernate -- Improbable -- Jeremiad -- Katzenjammer -- Lackadaisical -- Mystify -- Nadir -- Optimum -- Partisan -- Querist -- Rusticate -- Surreptitious -- Tirade -- Utilize -- Vicarious -- Wondrous -- Xerophyte -- Yokefellow -- Zany.
Provides definitions for twenty-six vocabulary words from "aggrandizement" to "zany" with stories containing puns that provide mnemonic devices for remembering the definitions.
Ages 9 and up.
9780826345585 0826345581
2008031012
015117984 Uk
Children's stories, American.
Short stories.
Vocabulary.
Puns and punning.
Mnemonics.
PZ7.L5824 / Wg 2009
jLev 17