TY - BOOK AU - W.Bly,Robert TI - The words you should know to sound smart: 1,200 essential words every sophisticated person should be able to use SN - 1598698869 PY - 2009/// CY - New York PB - KW - English language -- Glossaries, vocabularies, etc KW - Vocabulary KW - English language N1 - Includes index N2 - A tongue-in-cheek guide to words that a smart, well-educated, pretentious person should be able to drop into cocktail conversation. It helps the reader to toss off words such as 'Disestablishmentarianism', 'descant', and 'autodidactic', proving, if not the value of a good education, at least the appearance of a good education ER -