The Highly Selective Thesaurus for the Extraordinarily Literate

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Summary: A must for the pompous at heart
Review: When I saw the title I knew it was word the [price] even if it was only as a conversation piece. What could be more gloriously pretentious that a book with this title. In its defense, however, there are some very viable synonyms that I have found useful. I does, as the author suggests, remind you of those little used words that bring descriptive writing a certain zest.

On the other hand, the book has a limited amount of entries, and some of the synonyms are a bit far fetched. If you are looking for a dependable thesaurus you can you in day-to-day writing try Roget's. But if you find you need a particularly noteworthy word this isn't a bad little addition.