Increase your confidence, and improve your command of English

Greater emphasis is placed today on successful communication, and on the correct and skilled use of words, than at any time before. The English language-along with the dictionaries and grammars which record it-is full of pittalls and complications. If you want to become more effective in your use of English, Better Word power, the essential self-improvement guide, will show you how

Banish spelling problems for ever

Most people wish they could spell better: this section gives hints on how to tackle the commonest problems in English spelling, and provides a useful selection of the words which are most frequently misspelled

Use the right word in the right situation

English is full of words which are similar in sound or spelling: this section points out the differences between the commonest confusables so you can avoid making mistakes in written English.

Improve your general vocabulary

Increase your everyday vocabulary using this section's listing of foreign words and phrases commonly used in English, and also through the use of opposite words

Become an expert on -phobias, -isms, -ologies, and other combining forms

A list of word parts' such as anti-, bio-, infra-, Omni-, -phobia, stereo-, and toxic-, this section equips you to make intelligent guesses about the meaning of complex words which you come across. Widen your specialist vocabular

Go to the Topics section when you need to use more specialist words with which you may be unfamiliar, for example, terms relating to art, astronomy finance

language, mathematics, music, parts of the body, and science.

Dip into a treasure-trove of hard words

A selection of hard or unusual words, this Lexicon is the ultimate vocabulary builder