bistro, rucksack) Onomatopoeic words - words that sound like their meaning (e.g. hooligan, denim) Words with interesting origins - from other languages (e.g. drawback, input) Words with interesting origins - people and places (e.g. baby-sitter, youth hostel) Compound nouns - combinations of verb + preposition (e.g. well-dressed, time-consuming) Compound nouns - combinations of two nouns (e.g. faith, hope and love) Compound adjectives (e.g. impress, pressure, expression) Abstract nouns (e.g. actor, permission, modernise) Prefixes (e.g. Learning vocabulary - general advice Learning vocabulary - aids to learning Organising a vocabulary notebook The names of English language words Using your dictionary Revising vocabulary Formal and informal words First published 1994 Ninth printing 1999 Printed in the United Kingdom at the University Press, CambridgeĪ catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library ISBN 61Ĭontents Acknowledgements Using this book Subject to statutory exception and to the provisions of relevant collective licensing agreements, no reproduction of any part may take place without the written permission of Cambridge University Press. The Edinburgh Building, Cambridge CB2 2RU, UK 40 West 20th Street, New York, NY 10011-421 1, USA 1 0 Stamford Road, Oakleigh, Melbourne 3166, Australia Ruiz de Alarc6n 13, 28014 Madrid, SpainĠ Cambridge University Press 1994 This book is in copyright. The Pitt Building, Trumpington Street, Cambridge, United Kingdom C A M B R I D G E LJNlVtRSlTY PRESS PUBLISHED BY T H E PRESS SYNDICATE O F T H E UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE *More than 150,000 articles in the search database *Learn how almost everything works
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