Webster's New World Pocket Dictionary

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Summary: Comprehensive yet affordable, what more do you want?
Review: I checked out several dictionaries before I bought this one. I have an old beat-up New American Dictionary that I simply won't part with, even though the cover's barely hanging on and the pages have turned yellow. I purchased this dictionary for a friend who's in prison and whose letters to me were filled with atricious spellings: sykology for psychology, for instance. He's working on his GED (and hopefully his spelling, though his recent letters don't show much improvement), and this book, if he uses it, will provide him with solid definitions that may make him the next Jack Henry Abbott. Then again, maybe not!

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Summary: great deal
Review: This is a great Dic, cuase it is great for the students man I like it vey much. You people sould try it.

Rating:
Summary: great deal
Review: This is a great Dic, cuase it is great for the students man I like it vey much. You people sould try it.

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Summary: An Amazing Reference Book
Review: This pocket dictionary is very user-friendly and concise. It is accessible to me at all times. As a high school student, I am very busy and at times, I cannot reach for a normal hardcover dictionary, so this pocket dictionary is perfect. Not only does it give the pronunciation, syllable breaks, and definition, but it also has an appendix giving common abbreviations, alternate spellings, accents, and it even features innumerable encyclopedic references! This dictionary has it all and more, and its compact size offers even better usability. If you find yourself frequently grabbing for an accessible reference book, this is the one!

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Summary: Good but by no means comprehensive
Review: This truly is a pocket dictionary. The small size and soft durable cover makes it easy to carry with you. The font is easy on the eyes and quite readable considering how many definitions are packed into one page. It has, however, let me down quite a few times. I generally need a dictionary to help with difficult or uncommon words and this dictionary tends to leave a lot of those out. I don't really need to carry around the definitions of cat, dog, table, coffee cup, bowling alley, etc. I need definitions to words like affiance and velleity, the last two of the long list of words I looked up that were not in this dictionary. If you have a pretty good grasp of Basic English and are looking for a pocket dictionary of difficult words, this isn't it.