Online Exercise Chapter 2 (35.0K)

Dictionary and Thesaurus Web sites

OneLook Dictionaries
http://www.onelook.com/

Dictionary.com
http://www.dictionary.com/

yourDictionary.com
http://www.yourdictionary.com/

Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary and Thesaurus
http://www.m-w.com/

Wordsmyth
http://www.wordsmyth.net/

Webopedia
http://www.webopaedia.com

Voycabulary
http://www.voycabulary.com/

Roget's Thesaurus
http://www.thesaurus.com

Additional Learning Links

Homophones
ftp://svr-ftp.eng.cam.ac.uk/pub/comp.speech/dictionaries/homophones-1.01.txt

A lengthy list of homophones is made available by anonymous FTP from the comp.speech archive site at the Department of Engineering, University of Cambridge.

Merriam-Webster OnLine
http://www.m-w.com/

Search Merriam-Webster's WWWebster Dictionary or WWWebster Thesaurus for help with using words properly and effectively.

One Look Dictionaries
http://www.onelook.com/

This is a one-stop site for searching generalized or specialized online dictionaries.

Pack Every Word with POWER
http://www.careerlab.com/art_powr.htm

CareerLab, a consulting firm that provides career management and job-search advice for senior executives and top professionals, offers this advice for choosing "power words" for business letters.

The Power of Words
http://www.wsu.edu:8080/~taflinge/words.html

The denotative and connotative meaning of words are explored in this article by Richard F. Taflinger.

Roget's Internet Thesaurus
http://www.thesaurus.com

Search Roget's Thesaurus to choose the word or expression that best fits your meaning.

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